OUTER SATELLITES OF JUPITER

Jupiter has a large cortege of satellites grouped into distinct families : 
 
- large Galilean satellites (I, II, III, IV) similar to terrestrial planets. 
  
- small satellites close to the planet inside the orbits of the Galilean satellite Io (V, XIV, XV, XVI). 
 
- small satellites far from the planet belonging to the Himalia family (VI, VII, X, XIII, ...) rotating on prograde (direct) orbits. 
  
- small satellites far from the planet belonging to the Pasiphae family (VIII, IX, XI, XII, ...) rotating on retrograde orbits. 
 

For comparing the orbital parameters of the satellites of Jupiter, click here