An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The thirteenth of Jupiter’s known satellites discovered by S.B. Nicholson in 1951. It orbits the planet at a mean distance of 21,200,000 km, and has a diameter of about 30 km.

Etymology (EN): In Gk. mythology, Ananke is the personification of destiny, unalterable necessity and fate; she is also the mother of Adrastea,