Euanthe (moon)

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Euanthe ( Jupiter XXXIII) is one of the smallest known outer moons of Jupiter.

Discovery

Euanthe was discovered on 11 December 2001 by astronomers at the University of Hawaii. It was initially provisional designation S/2001 J 7

The moon was named after Euanthe, which is regarded as the mother of the Graces of Greek mythology.

Path data

Euanthe orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 20,799,000 km in 620 days and 14 hours. The track has an eccentricity of 0.232. With an inclination of 148.9 ° to the local Laplace plane the web is retrograde, that is, the moon moves against the direction of rotation of Jupiter around the planet.

Because of their web properties is Euanthe the Ananke group, named after Jupiter's moon Ananke assigned.

Physical data

Euanthe has an average diameter of about 3 km. Their density is estimated to be 2.6 g / cm ³. It is probably made ​​up predominantly of silicate rock. Euanthe has a very dark surface with an albedo of 0.04, which means that only 4% of the incident sunlight is reflected. Their apparent brightness is 22.8 m.

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