Euporie (moon)

Euporie (/juːˈpɒrᵻ.iː/ ew-PORR-ə-ee or /juːˈpɔəriː/ ew-POHR-ee; Greek: Ευπορία), also known as Jupiter XXXIV, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2001, and given the temporary designation S/2001 J 10.^[1]^[2]

Euporie is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 19,088 Mm in 538.780 days, at an inclination of 145° to the ecliptic (145° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.0960.

It was named in August 2003 after Euporie, a Greek goddess of abundance and one of the Horae in Greek mythology (and thus a daughter of Zeus).^[3]

It is the innermost member of the Ananke group, retrograde irregular moons that orbit Jupiter between 19.3 and 22.7 Gm, at inclinations of roughly 150°.

References

↑ Daniel W. E. Green (May 16, 2002). "IAUC 7900: Satellites of Jupiter". International Astronomical Union.
↑ Brian G. Marsden (May 15, 2002). "MPEC 2002-J54: Eleven New Satellites of Jupiter". International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center.
↑ Daniel W. E. Green (August 8, 2002). "IAUC 8177: Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus". International Astronomical Union.

Moons of Jupiter

Listed in approximately increasing distance from Jupiter. Temporary names in italics.

Inner moons

Galilean moons

Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto

Themisto group

Themisto

Himalia group

Carpo group

Carpo

S/2003 J 12

S/2011 J 1

Ananke group

Core	Ananke Praxidike Harpalyke Iocaste Euanthe Thyone

Peripheral	Euporie S/2003 J 3 S/2003 J 18 Jupiter LII Thelxinoe Helike Orthosie S/2003 J 16 Hermippe Mneme S/2003 J 15

Carme group

Pasiphae group

S/2003 J 2

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