Ananke

Jupiter XII

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Ananke [a-NANG-kee] is the thirteenth known satellite of Jupiter. Ananke and Zeus were the parents of Adrastea. Very little is known about Ananke.

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Ananke Statistics

Discovered by .................................. S. Nicholson
Date of discovery ...................................... 1951

Mass (kg) .......................................... 3.82e+16
Mass (Earth = 1) ................................. 6.3922e-09
Equatorial radius (km) ................................... 15
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .................... 2.3518e-03
Mean density (gm/cm^3) .................................. 2.7

Mean distance from Jupiter (km) .................. 21,200,000
Rotational period (days) .................................. ?
Orbital period (days) .................................. -631
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) ........................ -2.44

Orbital eccentricity ................................. 0.1687
Orbital inclination ..................................... 147°

Escape Velocity (km/sec) ............................. 0.0184

Visual geometric albedo ................................... ?
Magnitude (Vo) ......................................... 18.9

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