Planet Jupiter

Some Facts about The Jovian Moon, Ananke
courtesy of NASA

Discovered ByS. Nicholson
Date of Discovery1951
Average Distance from Jupiter21,200,000 km (metric)
Equatorial Radius10 km (metric)
Mass40,000,000,000,000,000 kg (metric)
Rotation Period (Length of Day)
Orbit Period (Length of Year)-631 Earth days (retrograde)
Orbital Eccentricity0.1687
Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic147°
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