Eukelade
Sign in to saveEukelade , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and received the temporary designation '.
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Eukelade is a small moon of Jupiter that orbits backward relative to the planet's rotation, discovered in 2003 by astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi. It matters because studying such irregular satellites helps scientists understand Jupiter's complex moon system and the history of collisions and gravitational interactions in the early solar system.
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Key facts
- Planet.name
- Eukelade
- Planet.image
- Eukelade s2003j1movie arrow.gif
- Planet.caption
- Images of Eukelade taken by Scott Sheppard on 4 March 2003
- Planet.adjective
- Eukeladean
- Planet.named_after
- Ευκελάδη Eykeladē
- Planet.discoverer
- Scott S. Sheppard et al.
- Planet.discovered
- 2003
- Planet.mpc_name
- Jupiter XLVII
- Planet.alt_names
- S/2003 J 1
- Planet.epoch
- 2026-01-01
- Planet.observation_arc
- 2022-09-02 (last obs)
- Planet.periapsis
- 14.3 million km
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Eukelade , also known as ', is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and received the temporary designation '.
Eukelade is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 22.5 million km in 689 days, at an inclination of 165° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.363. Eukelade came to apojove (farthest distance from Jupiter) on 17 January 2026 when it was from Jupiter.