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{{Short description|Natural satellite of Jupiter}}
{{Infobox planet
| name = Aoede
| pronounced = {{IPAc-en|eɪ|ˈ|iː|d|iː}}<ref>Aœde in Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''</ref><ref>{{Dict.com|Aoede}}</ref>
| adjective = Aoedean {{IPAc-en|ˌ|eɪ|ə<!--actually ᵻ, but that no longer displays-->|ˈ|d|iː|ə|n}}<ref>J.W. Tufts (ca. 1887) ''The Aoedean Collection''</ref>
| named_after = Ἀοιδή ''Aoidē''
| mpc_name = Jupiter XLI
| alt_names = S/2003 J 7
| discoverer = [[Biography:Scott S. Sheppard|Scott S. Sheppard]] et al.
| discovered = 2003
| semimajor = {{val|23981000|u=km}}
| inclination = 158.3°
| eccentricity = 0.432
| period = −761.5 days
| satellite_of = [[Astronomy:Jupiter|Jupiter]]
| group = [[Astronomy:Pasiphae group|Pasiphae group]]
| magnitude = 22.5
| mean_diameter = 4 km
}}

'''Aoede''' {{IPAc-en|eɪ|ˈ|iː|d|iː}}, also known as '''{{nowrap|Jupiter XLI}}''', is a [[Astronomy:Natural satellite|natural satellite]] of [[Astronomy:Jupiter|Jupiter]]. It was discovered by a team of [[Astronomy:Astronomer|astronomer]]s from the [[Organization:University of Hawaii|University of Hawaii]] led by [[Biography:Scott S. Sheppard|Scott S. Sheppard]] in 2003. It received the temporary designation '''{{nowrap|S/2003 J 7}}'''.<ref>[http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08000/08087.html IAUC 8087: ''Satellites of Jupiter''] 2003 March 4 (Discovery)</ref><ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpec/K03/K03E11.html MPEC 2003-E11: ''S/2003 J 1, 2003 J 2, 2003 J 3, 2003 J 4, 2003 J 5, 2003 J 6, 2003 J 7''] 2003 March 4 (Discovery and ephemeris)</ref>

Aoede is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,044,000 km in 714.657 days, at an inclination of 160° to the [[Astronomy:Ecliptic|ecliptic]] (162° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.4311.

It was named in March 2005 after Aœde, one of the three original Muses. Aœde was the Muse of song, and was a daughter of [[Religion:Zeus|Zeus]] (Jupiter) by Mnemosyne.<ref>[http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08500/08502.html IAUC 8502: ''Satellites of Jupiter''] 2005 March 30 (Naming the moon)</ref>

Aoede belongs to the [[Astronomy:Pasiphae group|Pasiphae group]], irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22.8 and 24.1&nbsp;Gm, and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°.

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