What is Eupheme (moon)?
'''Eupheme''' is a [[Satellite (natural)|moon]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. It was found by a team of astronomers from the [[University of Hawaii]] led by [[Scott S. Sheppard]] in 2003.<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08000/08087.html IAUC 8087: ''Satellites of Jupiter''] 2003 March 4 (discovery)</ref><ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpec/K03/K03E11.html MPEC 2003-E11: ''S/2003 J 1, 2003 J 2, 2003 J 3, 2003 J 4, 2003 J 5, 2003 J 6, 2003 J 7''] 2003 March 4 (discovery and ephemeris)</ref> It used to be called '''{{nowrap|S/2003 J 3}}'''. It was named Eupheme in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Contest Successfully Finds Names For Jupiter's New Moons |url=https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19054/ |website=www.iau.org |access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> Eupheme is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 19,622,000&nbsp;km in 561.518 days, at an [[inclination]] of 146°<!--- 146.363° ---> to the [[ecliptic]] (146°<!--- 146.377° ---> to Jupiter's equator), with an [[orbital eccentricity]] of 0.2507. It belongs to the [[Ananke group]], retrograde non-[[Sphere|spherical]] moons which orbit Jupiter between 19,300,000 and 22,700,000&nbsp;km, at inclinations of about 150°. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Moons of Jupiter}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Jupiter's moons]]