What is Aitne (moon)?
'''Aitne''' or '''{{nowrap|Jupiter XXXI}}''', is a non-[[Sphere|spherical]] moon of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. It was found by a team of astronomers from the [[University of Hawaii]] led by [[Scott S. Sheppard]], ''et al.'' in [[2001]], and given the designation '''{{nowrap|S/2001 J 11}}'''.<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/07900/07900.html IAUC 7900: ''Satellites of Jupiter''] [[2002]] [[May 16]] (discovery) {{dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MPEC 2002-J54: Eleven New Satellites of Jupiter|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/mpec/K02/K02J54.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320123727/http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/mpec/K02/K02J54.html|archive-date=2012-03-20|access-date=2022-08-06}}</ref> Aitne is about 3&nbsp;kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 22,285,000&nbsp;km in 679.641 days, at an [[inclination]] of 166° to the [[ecliptic]] (164° to Jupiter's equator), with an [[orbital eccentricity]] of 0.393. It was named in August 2003<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08177.html IAUC 8177: ''Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus''][[2003]] [[August 8]] (naming the moon) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709055841/http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08177.html |date=2008-07-09 }}</ref> after Aitna or Aitne, the divine personification of [[Mount Etna]], whose sons by [[Zeus]] (Jupiter) are the [[Palici]], the twin sicilian gods of [[geyser]]s (other authors have them descend from [[Thalia]] and/or [[Hephaistos]]). Aitne belongs to the [[Carme group]], made up of non-spherical irregular [[Retrograde and direct motion|retrograde]] moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23,000,000 and 24,000,000&nbsp;km and at an inclination of about 165°. == References == {{reflist}} <br />{{Moons of Jupiter}} [[Category:Jupiter's moons]] {{sci-stub}}