Eukelade is a small irregular moon of Jupiter, a few kilometres across, belonging to the Carme group of retrograde moons. It orbits the planet at a great distance, in the opposite direction to Jupiter's rotation. Astronomers think these moons are fragments of a single larger body that was captured and later broken up. Eukelade was discovered in a survey of the planet's outer moons by astronomers at the University of Hawaii, and it takes a name from Greek mythology in the manner of the planet's other moons. The final e marks it as having a retrograde orbit.
Before and after
- 3 January 2003Birth of Greta Thunberg
- 7 January 2003Release of Safari
- 16 January 2003Launch of STS-107
- 1 February 2003Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
- 5 February 2003Discovery of Eukelade
- 5 February 2003Discovery of Narvi
- 5 February 2003Discovery of Eupheme
- 5 February 2003Discovery of Jupiter LXXIII
- 5 February 2003Discovery of S/2003 J 4
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