Eukelade , also known as , is a retrograde irregular satellite of

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. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the

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led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and received the temporary designation . 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

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(165° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an

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of 0.2829. It was named in March 2005 after Eucelade - according to John Tzetzes, listed by some (unnamed) Greek writers as one of the

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s.* Marta Cardin, Olga Tribulato: ''Enumerating the Muses: Tzetzes in Hes. Op. 1 and the Parody of Catalogic Poetry in Epicharmus.'' In: Marco Ercoles, Lara Pagani, Filippomaria Pontani, Giuseppe Ucciardello: ''Approaches to Greek Poetry: Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, and Aeschylus in Ancient Exegesis'' (= ''Trends in Classics.'' Supplementary Volumes 73). De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2019, p. 161–192; here p. 171. Eukelade belongs to the Carme group, made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23 and 24 Gm and at an inclination of about 165°.

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Carme group Moons of Jupiter Irregular satellites Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard Astronomical objects discovered in 2003 Moons with a retrograde orbit {{Jupiter-stub