Ersa
Moon· orbits Jupiter
Ersa is a moon orbiting Jupiter.
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Key facts
Orbit around Jupiter
248 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 12,639,986 km
- Orbital period
- 248.1 days
- Eccentricity
- 0.1081
- Inclination
- 39.37 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0367 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.S. Sheppard
Ersa was discovered in 2018 by S.S. Sheppard. Jupiter's moons are named after lovers, daughters and descendants of the god Jupiter (the Greek Zeus). Beyond its discovery and naming, little more about it has been individually recorded.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.