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Elara is a small moon that orbits Jupiter, one of many satellites in the giant planet's system. It matters primarily to astronomers and scientists studying Jupiter's moons and the structure of our solar system.
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Wikidata facts
- Radius
- 43
- Mass
- 870
- Orbital period
- 259.64
- Image
- Elara2-LB1-mag17.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1905-01-02
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.2174
- density
- 2.6
- Commons category
- Elara (moon)
- apparent magnitude
- 16.3
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 11676677
- orbital inclination
- 30.51712
- albedo
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Article
Elara /ˈɛlərə/ also known as Jupiter VII, is the second largest irregular satellite of Jupiter.
Discovery and naming