Euporie (moon)

Euporie
Discovery
Discovered by Scott S. Sheppard
Discovery date 2001
Orbital characteristics
Mean orbit radius
 19 million km
538.780 days
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
 ~1 km

    Euporie (/juːˈpɒrə.iː/ yoo-PORR-ə-ee or /juːˈpɔːri/ yoo-POR-ee; Greek: Ευπορία), also known as Jupiter XXXIV, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2001, and given the temporary designation S/2001 J 10.[1][2]

    Euporie is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 19,088 Mm in 538.780 days, at an inclination of 145° to the ecliptic (145° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.0960.

    It was named in August 2003 after Euporie, a Greek goddess of abundance and one of the Horae in Greek mythology (and thus a daughter of Zeus).[3] It is a member of the Ananke group.

    References

    1. ↑ Daniel W. E. Green (May 16, 2002). "IAUC 7900: Satellites of Jupiter". International Astronomical Union.
    2. ↑ Brian G. Marsden (May 15, 2002). "MPEC 2002-J54: Eleven New Satellites of Jupiter". International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center.
    3. ↑ Daniel W. E. Green (August 8, 2002). "IAUC 8177: Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus". International Astronomical Union. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012.
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