Isonoe (moon)
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Isonoe Template:IPAc-en, also known as Template:Nowrap, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2000, and given the temporary designation Template:Nowrap.<ref>IAUC 7555: Satellites of Jupiter Template:Webarchive 2001 January 5 (discovery)</ref><ref name="MPEC-2001-A28">MPEC 2001-A28: S/2000 J 2, S/2000 J 3, S/2000 J 4, S/2000 J 5, S/2000 J 6 2001 January 5 (discovery and ephemeris)</ref>
Isonoe is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,833,000 km in 688.61 days, at an inclination of 166° to the ecliptic (169° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.166.
It was named in October 2002 after Isonoe, one of the Danaïdes in Greek mythology, and a lover of Zeus (Jupiter).<ref>IAUC 7998: Satellites of Jupiter 2002 October 22 (naming the moon)</ref>
Isonoe belongs to the Carme group, made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23 and 24 Gm and at an inclination of about 165°.