S/2018 J 2
Moon· orbits Jupiter
S/2018 J 2 — moon of Jupiter.
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Key facts
Orbit around Jupiter
249 Earth days
Science
Orbit around Jupiter
- Distance from Jupiter
- 10,746,110 km
- Orbital period
- 248.8 days
- Eccentricity
- 0.1175
- Inclination
- 44.88 °
Radiation & temperature
- Insolation
- 0.0349 S⊕ · 3% of the sunlight Earth receives
Discovery & history
- By
- S.S. Sheppard
S/2018 J 2 is the provisional designation of a small moon of Jupiter detected in 2018 by S.S. Sheppard. 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.