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Ananke

Moon
Ananke is a retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in 1951 and is named after the Greek mythological Ananke, the personification of necessity, and the mother of the Moirai by... Wikipedia
Orbital period: 630 days
Radius: 8.6992 mi
Discovered: September 28, 1951
Named after: Ἀνάγκη Anagkē
Synodic rotation period: 8.31±0.15 h