Praxidike is an irregular outer moon of Jupiter, about seven kilometres across, discovered in November 2000 by a team led by Scott Sheppard at the University of Hawaii. It travels on a distant orbit in the retrograde direction, opposite to Jupiter's rotation, and belongs to the Ananke group, a family of moons that are thought to be fragments of a larger body captured by Jupiter and broken up in collisions. It is one of the larger members of the group. The moon received its permanent name in 2002, after Praxidike, a Greek goddess of just punishment, in keeping with the tradition of naming Jupiter's moons after figures connected with Zeus.
Before and after
- from 6 October 2000 to 15 February 2015Premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- 7 November 20002000 United States presidential election
- 9 November 2000Discovery of Albiorix
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Iocaste
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Praxidike
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Harpalyke
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Erinome
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Kalyke
- 23 November 2000Discovery of Isonoe
More in Universe & space
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- 23 July 1995Discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp
- 15 May 2005Discovery of Nix
- 15 May 2005Discovery of Hydra
- 10 September 2005Discovery of Dysnomia
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