What is Hermippe?
Q: What is Hermippe?
A: Hermippe is a moon of Jupiter.
Q: Who discovered Hermippe?
A: Hermippe was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2001.
Q: What is the diameter of Hermippe?
A: The diameter of Hermippe is about 4 kilometers.
Q: How long is the orbital period of Hermippe?
A: The orbital period of Hermippe is 629.809 days.
Q: What is the inclination of Hermippe's orbit?
A: The inclination of Hermippe's orbit is 151° to the ecliptic (149° to Jupiter's equator).
Q: Why was Hermippe named as such?
A: Hermippe was named after a lover of Zeus (Jupiter) by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 2003.
Q: What group does Hermippe belong to?
A: Hermippe belongs to the Ananke group, which is a group of retrograde non-spherical moons that orbit Jupiter between 19,300,000 and 22,700,000 km at inclinations of about 150°.
