Helike (moon)

Helike
	Images of Helike by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in February 2003
Discovery
Discovered by	Scott S. Sheppard et al.
Discovery date	2003
Designations
Designation	Jupiter XLV
Pronunciation	/ˈhɛləkiː/
Named after	Ἑλίκη Helicē
Alternative names	S/2003 J 6
Adjectives	Helikean /hɛləˈkiːən/
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	21263000 km
Eccentricity	0.156
Orbital period (sidereal)	−634.8 days
Mean anomaly	36.2°
Inclination	154.8°
Longitude of ascending node	100.3°
Argument of perihelion	314.7°
Satellite of	Jupiter
Group	Ananke group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	4 km
Apparent magnitude	22.6

Helike /ˈhɛləkiː/, also known as Jupiter XLV, is a moon of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and given the temporary designation S/2003 J 6.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Helike is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 20.54 million kilometres in 601.402 days, at an inclination of 155° to the ecliptic (156° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.1375. Its average orbital speed is 2.48 km/s.

It was named in March 2005 after Helike, one of the nymphs that nurtured Zeus (Jupiter) in his infancy on Crete.^[8]

Helike belongs to the Ananke group.

References

^ "Helice". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^ as 'Helice' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^ Hutchinson (1980) "Base Metal Sulfides", The Continental Crust and Its Mineral Deposits: The Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Honour of J. Tuzo Wilson, Held at Toronto, May 1979, p. 679
^ S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, Carnegie Science, on line
^ Daniel W. E. Green (March 4, 2003). "IAUC 8087: Satellites of Jupiter". International Astronomical Union.
^ Brian G. Marsden (March 4, 2003). "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". International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center.
^ Brian G. Marsden (March 7, 2003). "MPEC 2003-E29 : S/2003 J 9, 2003 J 10, 2003 J 11, 2003 J 12; S/2003 J 1, 2003 J 6". International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center.
^ Daniel W. E. Green (March 30, 2005). "IAUC 8502: Satellites of Jupiter". International Astronomical Union.

[1] "Helice". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[2] s 'Helice' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language

[3] Hutchinson (1980) "Base Metal Sulfides", The Continental Crust and Its Mineral Deposits: The Proceedings of a Symposium Held in Honour of J. Tuzo Wilson, Held at Toronto, May 1979, p. 679

[4] S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, Carnegie Science, on line

[5] Daniel W. E. Green (March 4, 2003). "IAUC 8087: Satellites of Jupiter". International Astronomical Union.

[6] Brian G. Marsden (March 4, 2003). "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". International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center.

[7] Brian G. Marsden (March 7, 2003). "MPEC 2003-E29 : S/2003 J 9, 2003 J 10, 2003 J 11, 2003 J 12; S/2003 J 1, 2003 J 6". International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center.

[8] Daniel W. E. Green (March 30, 2005). "IAUC 8502: Satellites of Jupiter". International Astronomical Union.

[1]

v t e Moons of Jupiter
Listed in increasing approximate distance from Jupiter
Inner moons	Metis Adrastea Amalthea Thebe
Galilean moons	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
Themisto	Themisto
Himalia group (9)	Leda Ersa S/2018 J 2 Himalia Pandia Lysithea Elara S/2011 J 3 Dia
Carpo group (2)	S/2018 J 4 Carpo
Valetudo	Valetudo
Ananke group (26)	Euporie Jupiter LV Eupheme S/2021 J 3 Jupiter LII Jupiter LIV Mneme Euanthe S/2003 J 16 Harpalyke Orthosie S/2022 J 3 Helike S/2021 J 2 Praxidike Jupiter LXIV S/2021 J 1 S/2003 J 12 Jupiter LXVIII Thelxinoe Thyone S/2003 J 2 Ananke Iocaste Hermippe Jupiter LXX
Carme group (30)	S/2022 J 1 S/2022 J 2 S/2016 J 3 Pasithee Jupiter LXIX S/2021 J 6 S/2003 J 24 Chaldene Jupiter LXIII Isonoe S/2021 J 4 Kallichore Erinome Kale Eirene Aitne Eukelade Arche Taygete Jupiter LXXII Carme Herse Jupiter LXI Jupiter LI S/2003 J 9 Jupiter LXVI Kalyke S/2018 J 3 S/2021 J 5 S/2003 J 10
Pasiphae group (18)	Philophrosyne Eurydome Jupiter LVI S/2003 J 4 S/2016 J 4 Jupiter LXVII Hegemone Pasiphae Sponde Megaclite Cyllene Sinope Jupiter LIX Aoede Autonoe Callirrhoe S/2003 J 23 Kore
See also	Rings of Jupiter Jupiter's moons in fiction
Category