What is "lysithea"

Lysithea ( , ; ) is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938 at Mount Wilson Observatory and is named after the mythological Lysithea, daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus' lovers.

Lysithea did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known as . It was sometimes called " Demeter" from 1955 to 1975.

It belongs to the Himalia group, five moons orbiting between 11 and 13 Gm from Jupiter at an inclination of about 28.3°. Its orbital elements are as of January 2000. They are continuously changing due to solar and planetary perturbations.

• Lysithea (moon) is a moon of Jupiter
• Lysithea (mythology) is a figure in Greek mythology
• Lysithea is a fictional spacecraft carrier in Voices of a Distant Star

In Greek mythology, Lysithea was a daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus' lovers.

Alternatively, Lysithea is another name for Semele, daughter of Cadmos and Harmonia; sister to Agave, Autonoë, Ino, and Polydorus; mother of Dionysos by Zeus (and who became Thyone after being rescued from Hades by her divine son).

Yet another Lysithea is listed by Clementine literature's author in his catalogue of Jupiter's adulteries as the daughter of Evenus and mother of Helenus (Recognitions, Book 10, Chapter XXI).

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