Elara

E642761

Elara is a small, irregular outer moon of Jupiter, classified among its retrograde, non-spherical satellites.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Elara canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
non-spherical moon ⓘ
retrograde satellite ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude ~10.8 ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian system ⓘ
Solar System ⓘ
color dark ⓘ
discoveredAs Jupiter VII ⓘ
discoverer Charles Dillon Perrine ⓘ
discoveryDate 1905 ⓘ
discoverySite Lick Observatory ⓘ
eccentricity 0.22 ⓘ
groupCharacteristic shares similar orbits with Himalia group moons ⓘ
hasOrbitalCharacteristic distant outer orbit around Jupiter ⓘ
highly inclined orbit relative to Jupiter’s equator ⓘ
inclination_degrees ~26 ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundTo Jupiter ⓘ
isPartOf Jovian irregular satellite population ⓘ
meanDiameter_km 86 ⓘ
meanDistanceFromJupiter_Mm 11.74 ⓘ
meanRadius_km 43 ⓘ
memberOf Himalia group ⓘ
namedAfter Elara (lover of Zeus) ⓘ
orbitalDirection retrograde ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 259.65 ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
rotation likely non-synchronous ⓘ
satelliteOf Jupiter ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_km 11740000 ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
spectralType C-type (carbonaceous-like) ⓘ
surfaceComposition dark, likely carbon-rich material ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minyas → father → Elara ⓘ