Ananke
Jupiter XII

Ananke [a-NANG-kee] is the thirteenth known satellite of Jupiter. Ananke and Zeus were the parents of Adrastea. Very little is known about Ananke.

Ananke Statistics
Discovered by | S. Nicholson
Date of discovery | 1951
Mass (kg) | 3.82e+16
Mass (Earth = 1) | 6.3922e-09
Equatorial radius (km) | 15
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) | 2.3518e-03
Mean density (gm/cm^3) | 2.7
Mean distance from Jupiter (km) | 21,200,000
Rotational period (days) | ?
Orbital period (days) | -631
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) | -2.44
Orbital eccentricity | 0.1687
Orbital inclination (degrees) | 147
Escape velocity (km/sec) | 0.0184
Visual geometric albedo | ?
Magnitude (Vo) | 18.9

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