Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Scott S. Sheppard |
Discovery date | 27 September 2011 |
Designations | |
Designation | Jupiter LXXII |
S/2011 J 1 | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
22462000 km | |
Eccentricity | 0.233 |
−686.6 days | |
249.8° | |
Inclination | 163.3° |
323.9° | |
127.2° | |
Satellite of | Jupiter |
Group | Carme group |
Physical characteristics | |
2 km | |
23.7 | |
Jupiter LXXII, originally known as S/2011 J 1, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Scott Sheppard in 2011.[2][3] It belongs to the Carme group.
This moon was lost after its discovery in 2011.[4][5][6][7] Its recovery was announced on 17 September 2018.[8]
We likely have all of the lost moons in our new observations from 2017, but to link them back to the remaining lost 2003 objects requires more observations a year later to confirm the linkages, which will not happen until early 2018. ... There are likely a few more new moons as well in our 2017 observations, but we need to reobserve them in 2018 to determine which of the discoveries are new and which are lost 2003 moons.