Cyllene (moon)
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Cyllene Template:IPAc-en, also known as Template:Nowrap, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, receiving the temporary designation Template:Nowrap.<ref>IAUC 8116: Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn Template:Webarchive 2003 April (discovery)</ref><ref>MPEC 2003-G09: S/2003 J 13 2003 April (discovery and ephemeris)</ref>
Cyllene is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of (23.4 million km) 23,396,000 km in 731.099 days (2.00 earth years), at an inclination of 140.149° to the ecliptic (139.543° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.4116.
It was named in March 2005 after Cyllene, a naiad (stream nymph) or oread (mountain nymph) associated with Mount Cyllene, Greece.<ref>IAUC 8502: Satellites of Jupiter 2005 March (naming the moon)</ref> She was a daughter of Zeus (Jupiter).
It belongs to the Pasiphae group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22.8 and 24.1 Gm, and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°.