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on this day in space: july 6, 1938: discovery of jupiter's moon lysithea

On This Day In Space: July 6, 1938: Discovery of Jupiter's Moon Lysithea

On July 6, 1938, an American astronomer named Seth Barnes Nicholson discovered Jupiter's moon Lysithea.

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