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Elara (moon)
Elara Discovery Discovered by
C. D. Perrine Discovered on
January 2, 1905 Orbital characteristics Mean radius
11,683,120 km (0.07810 AU) Eccentricity
0.1723 Periapsis
9,670,500 km (0.065 AU) Apoapsis ...

 


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(´lr), in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.

Elara was discovered by Perinne in 1905, and is the twelfth moon from Jupiter's surface. It is named after the mother by Zeus of the giant Tityus.
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Sinope
Jupiter's eight outer moons fall into two groups: Leda, Himalia, Lysithea and Elara at about 11 million km from Jupiter and Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae and Sinope at about 23 million km.

* Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered (1905).
* Leslie C. Peltier, one of the greatest variable star observers of all time, born (1900).

"The Nine Planets: Elara." .
Europa
One of the . Europa has an ice crust criss-crossed with dark lanes and is thought to have a liquid water mantle. The dark lanes have lengths from a few km to 1000's of km. Some are straight and others are curved.

Perrine Elara 1905 C. Perrine Pasiphae 1908 P. Melotte Sinope 1914 S. Nicholson Pluto 1930 Clyde W. Tombaugh Carme 1938 S. Nicholson Lysithea 1938 S. Nicholson Miranda 1948 Gerard Kuiper Nereid 1949 Gerard Kuiper Ananke 1951 S.

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, Himalia, Lysithea, and Elara).

Body: Jupiter Io (J1) Europa (J2) Ganymede (J3) Callisto (J4) Amalthea (J5) Thebe (J14) Adrastea (J15) Metis (J16) Himalia (J6) Elara (J7)
Ring ansa: Halo Main Ring Amalthea Ring Thebe Ring east west
J2000 RA and Dec: hours degrees degrees ...

These number five and include Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, and Elara along with the 4km across moon with the name S/2000 J11. These moons orbit between 11,165,000 and 12,656,940 km out, have orbital inclinations between 27.46 and 28.61 degrees.

Number of satellites: 16 (Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae, and Sinope) ...

The moons of Jupiter are (in order by their distance from Jupiter): Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede (the biggest), Callisto (the second biggest), Leda (the smallest), Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae, Sinope, ...

Himalia was discovered in 1904,[10] Elara in 1905,[11] PasiphaĆ" in 1908,[12] Sinope in 1914,[13] Lysithea and Carme in 1938,[14] Ananke in 1951,[15] and Leda in 1974.

The probe's cameras measured plasma output from volcanoes on Io and studied all four Galilean moons in detail, as well as making long-distance observations of the outer moons Himalia and Elara. Imaging of the Jovian system began September 4, 2006.

the size 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, ...

Elara (NASA Thesaurus) A natural satellite of Jupiter, orbiting at a mean distance of 11,737,000 kilometers. elastic buckling (AS&T Dictionary) The collapse of a structural member under a load which compresses it within its elastic range.

See also: Jupiter, Solar, Himalia, Planet, Solar System