- Euanthe (moon)
Euanthe (pron-en|juˈænθi "ew-AN-thee," Greek = "?)," also known as nowrap|Jupiter XXXIII, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the
University of Hawaii led byScott S. Sheppard in2001 , and given the temporary designation nowrap|S/2001 J 7. [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/07900/07900.html IAUC 7900: "Satellites of Jupiter"]2002 May 16 (discovery)] [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K02/K02J54.html MPEC 2002-J54: "Eleven New Satellites of Jupiter"]2002 May 15 (discovery and ephemeris)]Euanthe is about 3 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 20,465 Mm in 598.093 days, at an
inclination of 143° to theecliptic (142° to Jupiter's equator) with an eccentricity of 0.2001.It was named in August 2003 after
Euanthe , who was the mother of the Graces, according to some Greek writers. [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08177.html IAUC 8177: "Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus"]2003 August 8 (naming the moon)]Euanthe belongs to the
Ananke group , retrograde irregular moons which orbit Jupiter between 19.3 and 22.7 Gm, at inclinations of roughly 150°.References
[http://euanthe.com/ Euanthe.com]
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