Ananke

 

by Josh Farber

 

The planet Jupiter has many moons.  "Ananke" is just one of 63 so far, and is Jupiters   

13th moon.                                                                                                                   

-----------------------------------------Discovery-------------------

It was discovered in 1951 by Seth Nicholson. 

 

----------------------------------------Size--------------------------- 

It is approxamately 12 1/2 miles in diameter 

 

----------------------------------------Orbit--------------------------

It orbits an average of 21,200,000 miles from Jupiter, and takes 631 Earth days to make a

complete retrograde Orbit. (meaning it orbits in the oppisite direction of Jupiter) 

 

---------------------------------------Structure and Comosition--------------- 

This moon has a mass of 4x10 to the 16th power, but not much is known about what it is made of. 

 

--------------------------------------What is Ananke like compared to

                                                                 another moon of Jupiter, such as Io?----------------

	Ananke	Io
Who discovered it?	Seth Nicholson	Galileo Galilei
When was it discovered?	1951	1610
Orbit distance (average)	21.2 million km	422,000 km
What is the mass?	40,000,000,000,000,000 kg	89,316,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg

--------------------------------------- Cool facts--------------------------------

Ananke is too faint to be viewed in most telescopes.

• Ananke is one of five moons to orbit Jupiter in retrograde (meaning it orbits in the oppisite direction of Jupiter) 
• The other moons to orbit in retrograde are Carme, Pasiphae, Sinope, and S/1999 J 1 

 

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1- This is a picture of Jupiter and its larger moons.  Ananke may be one of those smaller ones, or it may be too small to be in that picture! 

2- As you can see, Ananke is a veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy small moon.  You can see it in front of the yellow arrow (the faint speck)

3- A close up af Ananke 

 

---------------------------------------Video------------------------------ 

Oxygen Atmosphere on Jupiter's Moon Europa, Hubble finds

and  

Moon Io flying above of  Planet Jupiter

There were no videos for Ananke, but these were cool, and were the best I could find.  The first is of the Atmosphere on Europa, another moon of Jupiter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikhh5_n7VMM

 

Below is a video that shows the moon Io orbiting Jupiter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ-Zo71gRcAA

Note: If the space above is blank, your computer and/or server may be blocking videos.

                                                for people who love info...................................................................

--------------------------the 25 other moons of Jupiter------------------------

 1)Io  2) Europa 3) Ganymede 4) Callisto 5) Amalthea 6) Himalia 7) Elara 8) Pasiphae 9) Sinope 10) Lysithea 11) Carme

12) Ananke 13) Leda 14) Thebe 15)Adrastea 16) Metis 17) Callirrhoe 18) Themisto 19) Megaclite

20) Taygete 21) Chaldene 22) Harpalyke 23) Kalyke 24) Iocaste 25) Erinome .....and 38 other moons

P.S. anyone who knows how to create a full background color, feel free to comment .

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SOURCES:

1)http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/jupouter.html 

2)http://http://solarviews.com/cap/index/jupiter.html

3)http://http://jumk.de/astronomie/moons/ananke.shtml

4)http://http://jestraddons.250free.com/moons/moons.html

5)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikhh5_n7VMM

6)http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/compchart.cfm

7)http://http://www.go-astronomy.com/planets/jupiter-moon-anake.htm

8)http://http://www.seasky.org/solarsystem/sky3f6.html#Ananke

9)http://http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Moons

10)http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ-Zo71gRcA

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

"Ananke." 16 Oct. 2007 http://jumk.de/astronomie/moons/ananke.shtml

 

Arnett, Bill. "Jupiter's Outer Moons." 22 Apr. 1996. 16 Oct. 2007 http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/jupouter.html

 

Jupiter. The Solar System. Views of the Solar System Photo Archives. 16 Oct. 2007

http://solarviews.com/cap/index/jupiter.html.

 

"Moons." 16 Oct. 2007 http://jestraddons.250free.com/moons/moons.html

 

Munsell, Kurk, Harman Smith, Samantha Harvey, David Marlin, and Marilyn Lindstrom. "Solar System Exploration." NASA. 10 Sept. 2007. NASA. 16 Oct. 2007 http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/compchart.cfm.

 

"Other Jovian Moons." SeaSky. 16 Oct. 2007 http://www.seasky.org/solarsystem/sky3f6.html#Ananke.

 

Oxygen Atmosphere on Jupiter's Moon Europa, Hubble Finds. Dir. SolarParallax. 2007. YouTube. 16 Oct. 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikhh5_n7VMM.

 

"Planet Jupiter's Moons:Ananke." Go Astronomy. 2004. 16 Oct. 2007 http://www.go-astronomy.com/planets/jupiter-moon-anake.htm. 

 

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