Ananke (moon)
Ananke is a retrograde non-spherical moon of Jupiter. It was found by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in 1951[3] and is named after the mythological Ananke, the mother of Adrastea by Jupiter. The adjectival form of the name is Anankean.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | S. B. Nicholson |
| Discovery date | September 28, 1951 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Periapsis | 12,567,000 km |
| Apoapsis | 29,063,500 km |
Mean orbit radius | 21,280,000 km[1] |
| Eccentricity | 0.24[1] |
| 610.45 d (1.680 a)[1] | |
Average orbital speed | 2.367 km/s |
| Inclination | 148.89° (to the ecliptic) 149.9° (to Jupiter's equator)[1] |
| Satellite of | Jupiter |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 14 km[2] |
| ~2500 km² | |
| Volume | ~11,500 km³ |
| Mass | 3.0×1016 kg |
Mean density | 2.6 g/cm³ (assumed) |
| 0.010 m/s2 (0.001 g) | |
| ~0.017 km/s | |
| Albedo | 0.04 (assumed)[2] |
| Temperature | ~124 K |
Ananke did not get its present name[4] until 1975;[5] before then, it was simply known as Jupiter XII. It was sometimes called "Adrastea"[6] between 1955 and 1975. Note that Adrastea is now the name of another moon of Jupiter.
Ananke gives its name to the Ananke group, retrograde non-spherical moons which orbit Jupiter between 19,300,000 and 22,700,000 km, at inclinations of about 150°.[2]
Orbit
Ananke orbits Jupiter on a high eccentricity and high inclination retrograde orbit. Eight non-spherical moons found since 2000 follow similar orbits.[2] The orbital elements are as of January 2000.[1] They are changing a lot due to Solar and planetary perturbations. The diagram illustrates Ananke's orbit in relation to other retrograde non-spherical moons of Jupiter. The eccentricity of selected orbits is represented by the yellow segments (extending from the pericentre to the apocentre). The farthest spherical moon Callisto is located for reference.
Given these orbital elements and the physical characteristics known so far, Ananke is thought to be the biggest remnant[7] of an original break-up forming the Ananke group.[8][9]
Physical characteristics
In the visible spectrum, Ananke appears grey to light-red.[9]
The infrared spectrum is similar to P-type asteroids but with a possible indication of water.[10]
Ananke (moon) Media
Single-exposure image of Ananke by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft in 2010
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jacobson, R. A. (2000). "The Orbits of Outer Jovian Satellites". Astronomical Journal. 120 (5): 2679–2686. doi:10.1086/316817. S2CID 120372170.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sheppard, S. S., Jewitt, D. C., Porco, C.; Jupiter's Outer Satellites and Trojans, in Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere, edited by Fran Bagenal, Timothy E. Dowling, William B. McKinnon, Cambridge Planetary Science, Vol. 1, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-81808-7, 2004, pp. 263-280
- ↑ Nicholson, S. B. (1951). "An unidentified object near Jupiter, probably a new satellite". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 63 (375): 297–299. doi:10.1086/126402. S2CID 121080345.
- ↑ Nicholson, S.B. (April 1939). "S. B. Nicholson declines to name the satellites of Jupiter he has discovered". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 51 (300): 85–94. doi:10.1086/125010. S2CID 122937855.
- ↑ Marsden, B. G. (7 October 1974). "Satellites of Jupiter". IAUC Circular. 2846.
- ↑ Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia; Katherine Haramundanis (1970). Introduction to Astronomy. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-134-78107-4.
- ↑ Sheppard, S.S.; Jewitt, D.C. (2003). "An abundant population of small irregular satellites around Jupiter" (PDF). Nature. 423 (6937): 261–263. doi:10.1038/nature01584. PMID 12748634. S2CID 4424447.
- ↑ Nesvorný, D.; Beaugé, C. and Dones, L. (2004). "Collisional Origin of Families of Irregular Satellites". The Astronomical Journal. 127 (3): 1768–1783. doi:10.1086/382099. S2CID 27293848.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[dead link] - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Grav, Tommy; Holman, M.J.; Gladman, B. J.; Aksnes, K. (2003). "Photometric survey of the irregular satellites -_". Icarus. 166: 33-45. arXiv:astro-ph/0301016. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2003.07.005. S2CID 7793999.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Grav, Tommy; Holman, Matthew J. (2004). "Near-Infrared Photometry of the Irregular Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn". The Astrophysical Journal. 605 (2): L141–L144. arXiv:astro-ph/0312571. doi:10.1086/420881. S2CID 15665146.
- Ephemeris IAU-MPC NSES
Other websites
- Ananke Profile Archived 2007-11-09 at the Wayback Machine by NASA's Solar System Exploration
- David Jewitt pages
- Scott Sheppard pages