= Herse (moon)
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Herse is one of the moons of Jupiter, named after a character from Greek mythology. It was discovered in 1979 by a team of astronomers led by Charles Kowal. Herse is one of the larger moons of Jupiter and is classified as part of the Ananke group, which consists of retrograde irregular satellites that likely formed from captured asteroids. Herse has a moderately eccentric and inclined orbit around Jupiter, and its surface is thought to be composed primarily of water ice and rock.
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