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Lysithea (Jupiter X)
  لوسیته‌آ  
Lusitea (#)
Fr.: Lysithéa  

The eleventh of Jupiter’s known satellites; it is 36 km across and
orbits Jupiter at a distance of about 11,720,000 km with a period of 259 days. It was discovered by S. Nicholson in 1938.

See also: Lysithea was a daughter of Oceanus and one of Zeus’ lovers.