Elara

moon of Jupiter
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Elara

Summary

Elara is a moon of Jupiter[1]. Elara ranks in the top 10% of moon_of_jupiter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (768 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elara is credited with the discovery of Charles Dillon Perrine[3].
  • Elara's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter[4].
  • Elara's instance of is recorded as irregular moon[5].
  • Elara's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lick Observatory[6].
  • Elara is named after Elara[7].
  • Elara's Commons category is recorded as Elara (moon)[8].
  • Elara's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter[9].
  • Elara's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 2, 1905[10].
  • Elara's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2174'}[11].
  • Elara's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.3'}[12].
  • Elara's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+30.51712'}[13].
  • Elara's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+2.6'}[14].
  • Elara's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+870'}[15].
  • Elara's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+43'}[16].
  • Elara's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+259.64'}[17].
  • Elara's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+11676677'}[18].
  • Elara's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.040'}[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include moon of Jupiter[4] and irregular moon[5].

Origins

Elara is named after Elara[7].

Why It Matters

Elara ranks in the top 10% of moon_of_jupiter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (768 views/month).[2] Elara has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Elara is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . NASA FACTS. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . NASA FACTS. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · ~2026-44212-38 · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Radius {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+43'}
    Named after
    Site of astronomical discovery Lick Observatory
    Parent astronomical body Jupiter
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P367]]: Elara symbol (fixed width).svg"
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