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Encyclopedia > Eurydome (moon)

Eurydome (ew-rid'-ə-mee, IPA: [jʊˈrɪdəmi]; Greek Ευριδομη), or Jupiter XXXII, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2001, and given the temporary designation S/2001 J 4. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Moons of solar system scaled to Earths Moon A natural satellite is a moon (not capitalized), that is, any natural object that orbits a planet. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ... The University of Hawai`i, formally the University of Hawai`i System and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, three university... Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer based at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


Eurydome is about 3 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,231 Mm in 723.359 days, at an inclination of 149° to the ecliptic (143° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.3770. Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of direction. ... The plane of the ecliptic is well seen in this picture from the 1994 lunar prospecting Clementine spacecraft. ... This article is about retrograde motion. ... In astrodynamics, under standard assumptions any orbit must be of conic section shape. ...


It is named after Eurydome in Greek mythology, who is sometimes described as the mother of the Graces by Zeus (Jupiter). According to Lucius Annaeus Cornutus Theologiae Graecae, Eurydome was the mother of the Graces by Zeus (a role normally attributed to the similarly named Eurynome). ... // Greek mythology consists in part of a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. ... The Three Graces, from Sandro Botticellis painting Primavera Uffizi Gallery In Greek mythology, the Charites were the graces. ... Statue of Zeus Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving In Greek mythology, Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Ζεύς Zeús, genitive: Διός Díos) is...


Eurydome belongs to the Pasiphaë group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22.8 and 24.1 Gm, and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°. The Pasiphaë group is made up of moons of Jupiter which share similar orbits. ... Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of direction. ...



... | Kalyke | Eurydome | S/2003 J 14 | ...


Kalyke (IPA: , kal-i-kee, Greek Καλύκη) (Jupiter XXIII) is a natural satellite of Jupiter. ... S/2003 J 14 is a natural satellite of Jupiter. ...


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Eurydome (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (164 words)
Eurydome is about 3 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,231 Mm in 723.359 days, at an inclination of 149° to the ecliptic (143° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.3770.
It is named after Eurydome in Greek mythology, who is sometimes described as the mother of the Graces by Zeus (Jupiter).
Eurydome belongs to the Pasiphaë group, irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at distances ranging between 22.8 and 24.1 Gm, and with inclinations ranging between 144.5° and 158.3°.
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