Ananke
Moon· orbits Jupiter
Ananke is a moon orbiting Jupiter.
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Key facts
Orbit around Jupiter
620 Earth days
1.70 Earth years
Science
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 0.14 AU
- Orbital period
- 1.70 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.1595
- Inclination
- 136.95 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0356 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.B. Nicholson
Ananke was discovered in 1951 by S.B. Nicholson. Jupiter's moons are named after lovers, daughters and descendants of the god Jupiter (the Greek Zeus). Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.