Jupiter LVI

Jupiter LVI, provisionally known as S/2011 J 2, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Scott Sheppard in 2011.^[2][3] Images of the newly discovered moon were captured using the Magellan-Baade telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. It is an irregular moon with a retrograde orbit. The discovery of Jupiter LVI brought the Jovian satellite count to 67. It is one of the outer retrograde swarm of objects orbiting Jupiter and belongs to the Pasiphae group.^[4]

Jupiter LVI

Discovery
Discovered by	Scott S. Sheppard et al.
Discovery date	27 September 2011
Designations
Designation	Jupiter LVI
Alternative names	S/2011 J 2
Orbital characteristics [1]
Semi-major axis	23463885 km
Eccentricity	0.332
Orbital period (sidereal)	−730.5 days
Inclination	148.8°
Satellite of	Jupiter
Group	Pasiphae group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	1 km
Apparent magnitude	23.6

The moon was lost following its discovery in 2011.^[5][6][7][8] It was recovered in 2017 and given its permanent designation that year.^[9]

References

1. S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, Carnegie Science, on line
2. MPEC 2012-B97 : S/2011 J 1 AND S/2011 J 2 2012 Jan. 29 (discovery)
3. Jupiter's Known Satellites
4. "Two New Moons Found Orbiting Jupiter". news.nationalgeographic.com. 2012-02-03. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
5. Beatty, Kelly (4 April 2012). "Outer-Planet Moons Found — and Lost". www.skyandtelescope.com. Sky & Telescope. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
6. Brozović, Marina; Jacobson, Robert A. (9 March 2017). "The Orbits of Jupiter's Irregular Satellites". The Astronomical Journal. 153 (4): 147. Bibcode:2017AJ....153..147B. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa5e4d.
7. Jacobson, B.; Brozović, M.; Gladman, B.; Alexandersen, M.; Nicholson, P. D.; Veillet, C. (28 September 2012). "Irregular Satellites of the Outer Planets: Orbital Uncertainties and Astrometric Recoveries in 2009–2011". The Astronomical Journal. 144 (5): 132. Bibcode:2012AJ....144..132J. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/144/5/132. S2CID 123117568.
8. Sheppard, Scott S. (2017). "New Moons of Jupiter Announced in 2017". home.dtm.ciw.edu. Retrieved 27 June 2017. 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.
9. Sheppard, Scott S. (2017). "Jupiter's Known Satellites". home.dtm.ciw.edu. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

External links

2 New Satellites of Jupiter Discovered, Carnegie Institution Department of Terriestrial Magnetism, 23 February 2012