Lysithea (moon)
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Lysithea Template:IPAc-en is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938 at Mount Wilson Observatory<ref name="Nicholson1938"/> and is named after the mythological Lysithea, daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus' lovers.<ref name="IAUC 2846">Template:Cite web</ref>
Lysithea did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known as Template:Nowrap. It was sometimes called "Demeter"<ref name="Gaposchkin">Template:Cite book</ref> from 1955 to 1975.
It belongs to the Himalia group, moons orbiting between 11 and 13 Gm from Jupiter at an inclination of about 28.3°.<ref name="Jacobson 2000">Template:Cite journal</ref> Its orbital elements are as of January 2000. They are continuously changing due to solar and planetary perturbations. It is grayTemplate:Failed verification in color (B−V=0.72, V−R=0.36, V−I=0.74) and intermediate between C-type and P-type asteroids.<ref name="Grav2003">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Grav2015"/>
