Ananke
Jupiter XII
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.
| Ananke Statistics
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| Discovered by | S. Nicholson
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| Date of discovery | 1951
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| Mass (kg) | 3.82e+16
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| Mass (Earth = 1) | 6.3922e-09
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| Equatorial radius (km) | 15
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| Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 2.3518e-03
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| Mean density (gm/cm^3) | 2.7
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| Mean distance from Jupiter (km) | 21,200,000
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| Rotational period (days) | ?
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| Orbital period (days) | -631
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| Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | -2.44
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| Orbital eccentricity | 0.1687
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| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 147
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| Escape velocity (km/sec) | 0.0184
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| Visual geometric albedo | ?
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| Magnitude (Vo) | 18.9
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