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Elara (moon)

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Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Mainzer, A. K.; Masiero, J. R.; Nugent, C. R.; Cutri, R. M.; et al. (August 2015). "NEOWISE: Observations of the Irregular Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn".
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in 1905 in photographs taken with the 36" Crossley reflecting telescope which he had recently rebuilt. It is the eighth-largest moon of Jupiter and is named after
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from Jupiter at an inclination of about 27.5°. Its orbital elements are as of January 2000. They are continuously changing due to
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Elara did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known as
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of the Lick Observatory on January 6, 1905, the day after the discovery of
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Elara belongs to the Himalia group, moons orbiting between 11 and 13 
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of just 43 kilometres (27 mi), thus it is 2% of the size of
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Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia; Katherine Haramundanis (1970).
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Listed in increasing approximate distance from Jupiter
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Carnegie Institution for Science 625:"The Seventh Satellite of Jupiter" 506:. However, it is half the size of 498:" between 1955 and 1975. It has a 14: 1810: 1794:Discoveries by Charles D. Perrine 1006: 1746: 1745: 860:International Astronomical Union 554:In February and March 2007, the 424: 154: 101: 1042:NASA's Solar System Exploration 975: 949: 956:Proctor, Mary (5 March 1905). 680: 665: 544: 1: 1013:Elara on 1998-08-15 03:21 UTC 982:Hamilton, Thomas Wm. (2013). 583: 525:and planetary perturbations. 528: 7: 1799:Moons with a prograde orbit 571: 494:. It was sometimes called " 315:Argument of perihelion 10: 1815: 1733:Jupiter's moons in fiction 1027:SkyView 23 47 09 -02 40 46 881:. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: 578:Jupiter's moons in fiction 564:captured Elara in several 1741: 1720: 1612: 1444: 1296: 1280: 1255: 1192: 1176: 1135: 1104: 1095: 985:Moons of the solar system 879:Introduction to Astronomy 757:10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/3 727:The Astrophysical Journal 414: 399: 387: 371: 353: 348: 336: 324: 312: 300: 286: 274: 259: 250:Orbital period (sidereal) 247: 237: 221: 207: 195: 187: 146: 131: 96: 86: 81: 73: 61: 49: 44: 26: 906:Jacobson, R. A. (2000). 533:Elara was discovered by 402:Absolute magnitude  349:Physical characteristics 856:"Satellites of Jupiter" 805:Perrine, C. D. (1905). 623:Perrine, C. D. (1905). 602:"Satellites of Jupiter" 465:. 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Index


New Horizons
Discovered by
Charles D. Perrine
Discovery site
Lick Observatory
/ˈɛlərə/
Ελάρα
Adjectives
/ɛˈlɛəriən/
Orbital characteristics
Epoch
JD
Observation arc
yr
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
Orbital period (sidereal)
Mean anomaly
°
Mean motion
Inclination
ecliptic
Longitude of ascending node
Argument of perihelion
Satellite of
Jupiter
Group
Himalia group

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