Information AboutHarpalyke (moon) |
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Harpalyke is about 4.4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 21,064 Mm in 624.542 days, at an Inclination of 147° to the Ecliptic (144° to Jupiter's equator), in a Retrograde direction and with an Eccentricity of 0.2441. It is named after Harpalyke , the incestuous daughter of Klymenos , who was in some accounts a lover of Zeus (Jupiter). Harpalyke belongs to 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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