Ananke
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Ananke has several meanings:
- Ananke (moon)Ananke (moon)Ananke is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in 1951 and is named after the mythological Ananke, the personification of Necessity, and the mother of the Moirae by Zeus...
, a moon of Jupiter - Ananke (mythology)Ananke (mythology)In Greek mythology, Ananke, also spelled Anangke, Anance, or Anagke , was the personification of destiny, necessity and fate, depicted as holding a spindle. She marks the beginning of the cosmos, along with Chronos...
, in Greek mythology, the mother of the Moirae and Adrasteia, Goddess of destiny, necessity, and fate