Pasiphae group

The Pasiphae group (or family or cluster) is a group of retrogradeirregular satellites of Jupiter, named after its largest member, Pasiphae. The group is usually thought to have formed from a captured asteroid that later split into many fragments in a collision, making them a collisional family. Though the moons follow somewhat similar orbits, their orbital dispersion is still very large, and additionally the moons with measured colours show significant colour diversity, making the identification of the group and a common origin open to discussion. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) reserves names ending in -e for all retrograde moons of Jupiter, which includes all those in the Pasiphae group.