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Elara (, or as in Greek Ελάρα) is a prograde irregular satellite 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.
Elara did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known as . It was sometimes called "Hera" between 1955 and 1975.
Elara belongs to the Himalia group, five moons orbiting between 11 and 13 Gm from Jupiter at an inclination of about 27.5°. Its orbital elements are as of January 2000. They are continuously changing due to Solar and planetary perturbations.
New Horizons encounter
In February and March 2007, the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto made a number of images of Elara, culminating in photos from a distance of five million miles.See also
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