Euporie (moon)

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Euporie Template:IPAc-en, also known as Template:Nowrap, 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 Template:Nowrap.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="MPEC">Template:Cite web</ref>

Euporie is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 19.266 million km in 550.69 days, at an inclination of 145.7° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.148.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is affected by the Kozai mechanism.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is a member of the Ananke group.

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