Eukelade

Eukelade, also known as Jupiter XLVII, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and was given its provisional designation S/2003 J 1. Eukelade is the first natural satellite discovered in 2003.
Eukelade is about ~4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,484,000 km in 693.02 days, at an inclination of 164° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.2829.
Eukelade belongs to the Carme group, made up of irregular moons orbiting Jupiter in the opposite direction from its rotation.
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