Elara is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at Lick Observatory in 1905.  It is the eighth-largest moon of Jupiter and is named after Elara, one of Zeus's lovers and the mother of the giant Tityos.  Elara belongs to the Himalia group, five moons orbiting between 11 and 13 gigametres from Jupiter at an inclination of about 27.5°.

Satellite of: Jupiter;
    Type of primary: Planet;
    LID of primary: urn:nasa:pds:context:target:planet.jupiter;
    NAIF ID of primary: 599;

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