Euporie (pronounced /juːˈpɔrɨi/ ew-POR-ə-ee, /juːˈpɔriː/ ew-POR-ee, or as in Greek Ευπορία), also known as Jupiter XXXIV, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2001, and given the temporary designation S/2001 J 10.[1][2]
Euporie is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 19,088 Mm in 538.780 days, at an inclination of 145° to the ecliptic (145° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.0960.
It was named in August 2003 after Euporie, a Greek goddess of abundance and one of the Horae in Greek mythology (and thus a daughter of Zeus).[3]
It is the innermost member of the Ananke group, retrograde irregular moons which orbit Jupiter between 19.3 and 22.7 Gm, at inclinations of roughly 150°.
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   | MPEC 2002-J54: ''Eleven New Satellites of Jupiter'' - MPEC 2002-J54 : ELEVEN NEW SATELLITES OF JUPITER |
| | IAUC 8177: ''Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus'' - IAUC 8177: Sats OF (22); Sats OF JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS |
| | IAUC 7900: ''Satellites of Jupiter'' - IAUC 7900: Sats OF JUPITER; XTE J0929-314; C/2002 C1 |
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