Ananke
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| Orbital period | 630 days |
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| Mean radius | 14 km |
| Discovered | September 28, 1951 |
| Discoverer | Seth Barnes Nicholson |
| Appar magnitud | 18.9 |
| Absolut magnitud h | 11.7 |
| Design | Jupiter XII |
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| ID | 4050639 |
About Ananke
Ananke is a retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in 1951 and is named after the Greek mythological Ananke, the personification of necessity, and the mother of the Moirai by Zeus. The adjectival form of the name is Anankean.
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