Euporie | |
Pronounced: | [1] |
Adjective: | Euporian [2] |
Named After: | Ευπορία Eyporia |
Discoverer: | Scott S. Sheppard et al. |
Discovered: | 11 December 2001 |
Discovery Site: | Mauna Kea Obs. |
Mpc Name: | Jupiter XXXIV |
Alt Names: | S/2001 J 10 |
Orbit Ref: |  [3] |
Inclination: | 145.8° |
Eccentricity: | 0.144 |
Arg Peri: | 74.6° |
Asc Node: | 64.9° |
Mean Anomaly: | 293.0° |
Period: | −550.7 days |
Satellite Of: | Jupiter |
Group: | Ananke group |
Magnitude: | 23.1 |
Mean Diameter: | 2 km |
Euporie, also known as , 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 .[4] [5]
Euporie is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 19.266 million km in 550.69 days, at an inclination of 145.7° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.148.[6] It is affected by the Kozai mechanism.[7]
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).[8] It is a member of the Ananke group.