1) Greek deity 2) Moon of Jupiter
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1) Classical oracle 2) Greek goddess 3) Offspring of Helios
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[moon] Pasiphae (iː {respell|pə|SIF|ə-ee}; Πασιφάη; formerly Pasiphaë) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1908 by Philibert Jacques Melotte and later named after the mythological Pasiphaë, wife of Minos and mother of the Minotaur from Greek legend. It was first spotted on a plate taken at the Ro...
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In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (iː; Πασιφάη Pasipháē, `wide-shining`) was the daughter of Helios, the Sun, by the eldest of the Oceanids, Perse. == Family == Like her doublet Europa, her origins were in the East, in her case at Colchis, she was the sister of Circe, she was given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was th.....
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(from the article `Jupiter`) Before the turn of the 21st century, eight outer moons were known, comprising two distinct orbital families (as can be seen in the table). The more ...
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(from the article `Minotaur`) in Greek mythology, a fabulous monster of Crete that had the body of a man and the head of a bull. It was the offspring of Pasiphae, the wife of ...
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queen of King Minos of Crete and daughter of Helios and the oceanid Perse. Mother of Ariadne, Deucalion, Paedra, and Asterion, the Minotaur, after Poseidon caused her to fall in love with a white bull. Daedalus built her a device shaped like a cow so she could mate with the bull. A magician like her niece Medea, she cast a spell to cause Minos to e...
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The largest of the outer irregular satellites of Jupiter; also known as Jupiter VIII. Discovery 1908, by Philibert Jacques Melotte Semimajor axis 23,609,000 km (14,673,000 miles) Diameter 60 km (37 miles) Mean density 2.6 g/cm
3 Escape velocity 0.028 km/s Orbital...
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Satellite of the planet Jupiter. See TABLE 7. JUPITER - SATELLITE DATA
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In Greek mythology, the wife of King Minos of Crete and mother of
Phaedra and the
Minotaur, the monstrous offspri...
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In Greek mythology, Pasiphae was the wife of King Minos of Crete and mother of Phaedra and of the Minotaur. After blaming Aphrodite for her husbands philandering, Pasiphae was punished by being filled with lust for an enormous fire-breathing white bull. Pasiphae persuaded Daedalus to build her a cow shaped wooden framework, and hid inside it while ...
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[
n] - (Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne
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noun (Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne
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