Ananke
moon of Jupiter
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Summary
Ananke is a moon of Jupiter[1]. Ananke draws 434 Wikipedia views per month (moon of jupiter category, ranking #18 of 91).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Seth Barnes Nicholson[3]
- Instance of: irregular moon[4]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Mount Wilson Observatory[5]
- Named after: Ananke[6]
- Part of: Ananke group[7]
- Commons category: Ananke (moon)[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Jupiter[9]
- Provisional designation: Jupiter XII[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: September 28, 1951[11]
- Asteroid spectral type: P-type asteroid[12]
- Significant event: discovery[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.24[14]
- Apparent magnitude: 18.75[15]
- Absolute magnitude: 11.7[16]
- Orbital inclination: 148.67482 degree[17]
- Mass: 30 exagram[18]
- Orbital period: -623.59 day[19]
- Rotation period: 8.31 hour[20]
- Longitude of ascending node: 86.44368 degree[21]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 20,439,111 km[22]
- Argument of periapsis: 135.63033 degree[23]
- Mean anomaly: 339.61045 degree[24]
- Diameter: 29.1 km[25]
- Albedo: 0.038[26]
- Epoch: December 17, 2020[27]
Why It Matters
Ananke has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Ananke is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]