S/2003 J 24
Moon· orbits Jupiter
S/2003 J 24 — moon of Jupiter.
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Key facts
Orbit around Jupiter
681 Earth days
1.87 Earth years
Science
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 0.148 AU
- Orbital period
- 1.87 years
- Eccentricity
- 0.1969
- Inclination
- 162.72 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0354 S⊕ · 4% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.S. Sheppard, D.C. Jewitt, J. Kleyna, B.J. Gladman, C. Veillet
S/2003 J 24 is the provisional designation of a small moon of Jupiter detected in 2003 by S.S. Sheppard and colleagues. It has not yet been given a permanent name, and little is known about it beyond its discovery and orbit.
Images
No official imagery available — this object has never been visited and no officially-licensed depiction exists.