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Ananke (moon)
Ananke Discovery Discovered by
S. B. Nicholson Discovered on
September 28, 1951 Orbital characteristics Mean radius
20,815,230 km (0.13914 AU) Eccentricity
0.3963 Periapsis
12,567,000 km (0.084 AU) Apoapsis
29,063,500 km (0.
Ananke
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Ananke
One of the largest of the outer irregular satellites of Jupiter.
Discovery
1951, by Seth Barnes Nicholson ...
Ananke
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(nng´k), in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.
Ananke Statistics Discovered byS. Nicholson
Date of discovery1951
Mass (kg)3.82e+16 ...
Ananke
The thirteenth moon from Jupiter was discovered in 1951 by Nicholson. Ananke is named for the mother of Adrastea, by Jupiter.
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Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae and Sinope have unusual but similar orbits.
Carme ...
Ananke group
This group has rather indistinct borders, averaging 21,276,000 km from Jupiter with an average inclination of 149 degrees.
Carme group ...
As indicated in Table 14, the outer eight satellites form two groups: one in which the satellites exhibit retrograde revolution around the planet ( Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae, and Sinope) and the other in which the orbital motion is prograde ( Leda, ...
The named moons in this group are Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae, and Sinope. The largest of this set is Pasiphae at 58 miles across. There are 21 other moons with boring names.
Then there are four more recently discovered moons, Ananke, and three more moons, of which scientists know little about. After these seven come Ananke, Carme, Pasiphaë, and Sinope, with two more moons in-between Pasiphaë and Sinope.
Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Himalia, Elara, Pasiphae, Sinope, Lysithea, Carme, Ananke, Leda, Metis, Adrastea, Thebe, Callirrhoe, Themisto, Kalyke, Iocaste, Erinome, Harpalyke, Isonoe, Praxidike, Megaclite, Taygete, Chaldene, Autonoe, ...
Arnett, W. "The Nine Planets: Ananke." .
Callisto
One of the . Callisto is ice- and crater-covered. The most outstanding feature on Callisto is Valhalla, a giant group of rings raised by the shock wave of an impact ...
Their names are Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Sinope, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae W1302, W1700, W1704, W1704_2, W1800, W1903_s, W1805, W1902, W1904, W2002_2, and W1700_2. ...
of asteroids, and were discovered in the 1900s with more powerful telescopes. Jupiter's moons are (from nearest to furthest from the planet): Metis, Adrastea, Almathea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Ananke, ...
 See also: Jupiter, Solar, Solar System, Planet, Orbit
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