Eukelade
Images of Eukelade taken by Scott Sheppard on 4 March 2003 | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Scott S. Sheppard et al. |
| Discovery date | 2003 |
| Designations | |
Designation | Jupiter XLVII |
| Pronunciation | /juːˈkɛlədiː/ |
Named after | Ευκελάδη Eykeladē |
| S/2003 J 1 | |
| Adjectives | Eukeladean /ˌjuːkɪləˈdiːən/ |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 23661000 km | |
| Eccentricity | 0.272 |
| −693.02 days | |
| 98.4° | |
| Inclination | 165.5° |
| 206.3° | |
| 325.6° | |
| Satellite of | Jupiter |
| Group | Carme group |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 4 km | |
Spectral type | B–V = 0.79 ± 0.07, V–R = 0.50 ± 0.07 |
| 22.6 | |
| 15.9 | |
Eukelade /juːˈkɛlədiː/, also known as 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 S/2003 J 1.
Eukelade is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,484,000 km in 693.02 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 Eucelade - according to John Tzetzes, listed by some (unnamed) Greek writers as one of the Muses.
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°.