Eukelade (moon)

Eukelade (moon)

Eukelade (pron-en|jʊˈkɛlədi "ew-KEL-ə-dee," or as in Greek "Ευκελαδη)," also known as nowrap|Jupiter XLVII, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and received the temporary designation nowrap|S/2003 J 1. [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08000/08087.html IAUC 8087: "Satellites of Jupiter"] 2003 March 4 (discovery)] [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpec/K03/K03E11.html MPEC 2003-E11: "S/2003 J 1, 2003 J 2, 2003 J 3, 2003 J 4, 2003 J 5, 2003 J 6, 2003 J 7"] 2003 March 4 (discovery and ephemeris)] [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K03/K03E29.html MPEC 2003-E29: "S/2003 J 9, 2003 J 10, 2003 J 11, 2003 J 12; S/2003 J 1, 2003 J 6"] 2003 April 3 (revised ephemeris)]

Eukelade is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,484 Mm in 735.200 days, at an inclination of 164° to the ecliptic (165° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.2829.

It was named in March 2005 after Eukelade, described by some Greek writers as one of the Muses, and thus a daughter of Zeus (Jupiter). [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08500/08502.html IAUC 8502: "Satellites of Jupiter"] 2005 March 30 (naming the moon)] [ [http://www.educnet.education.fr/musagora/muses/musesfr/scholies.pdf "Scholies d’Hésiode"] (in Greek and French, translation by Michel Tichit), EducNet MusAgora: [http://www.educnet.education.fr/musagora/muses/musesfr/textes.htm "Les Muses dans la littérature grecque ancienne"] ]

Eukelade belongs to the Carme group, made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23 and 24 Gm and at an inclination of about 165°.

References

* [http://eukelade.com Eukelade]


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