Quick facts
Parent planet
Diameter (mean)
3.2 km
Mass
4.5 × 10¹³ kg
6.2e-10 Moon masses
Mean orbital radius
23,196,000 km
Orbital period
724.4 Earth days
Discovery year
2000
Discoverer
Scott S. Sheppard et al.
Naming origin
Greek maiden cursed by Aphrodite to love Zeus
Surface conditions
Erinome is a tiny 3.2-km retrograde irregular in the Carme group, named in 2003.
Missions and observations
Every Jupiter-system mission has had an opportunity to image or characterize Erinome. The list below is the Jupiter-system mission catalog; specific Erinome encounters are documented in mission archives.
| Mission | Year at Jupiter | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Pioneer 10 NASA |
1973 | Completed |
|
Pioneer 11 NASA |
1974 | Completed |
|
Voyager 1 NASA |
1979 | Completed |
|
Voyager 2 NASA |
1979 | Completed |
|
Ulysses NASA/ESA |
1992 | Completed |
|
Galileo NASA |
1995 | Completed |
|
Cassini-Huygens NASA/ESA/ASI |
2000 | Completed |
|
New Horizons NASA |
2007 | Completed |
|
Juno NASA |
2016 | Active |
|
Europa Clipper NASA |
2030 | On the way |
|
JUICE ESA |
2031 | On the way |
Naming etymology
Erinome was a maiden cursed by Aphrodite to fall in love with Zeus. Adopted by the IAU in 2003.
Methodology & sources
Diameter, mass, and orbital parameters from JPL Solar System Dynamics — Physical Parameters. Discovery year and discoverer from the JPL Satellite Discovery Circumstances. Naming etymology from the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. Stylized SVG hero composed from NASA / JPL imagery as visual reference; no photographs are reproduced.