Elara (moon)

Elara (ee'-lur-a or ee-lair'-a, IPA {{IPA|/'i:lərə/}} or {{IPA|/i:'leərə/}}, Greek Ελάρη) is a moon of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at Lick Observatory in 1905 and is named after the mother by Zeus of the giant Tityus.

External links

• Harvard College Observatory Bulletin, 178 (1905) 1
• Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 17 (1905) 62
• Astronomische Nachrichten, 169 (1905) 43/44

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Related Topics:
Lysithea - S/2000 J 11

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