Eurydome
Moon· orbits Jupiter
Eurydome — moon of Jupiter.
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Key facts
Orbit around Jupiter
724 Earth days
1.98 Earth years
Science
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 0.184 AU
- Orbital period
- 1.98 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.2031
- Inclination
- 157.10 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0379 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna
Eurydome was discovered in 2001 by S.S. Sheppard and colleagues. 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.