S/2021 J 1 Explained

S/2021 J 1
Discoverer:Scott S. Sheppard
Discovery Site:Las Campanas Obs.
Discovered:12 August 2021
Epoch:25 February 2023 (JD 2460000.5)
Observation Arc:1.06 yr (387 d)
Eccentricity:0.2460574
Period:–1.66 yr (–606.99 days)
Mean Anomaly:312.94753°
Mean Motion: / day
Inclination:149.75284°
Asc Node:310.98434°
Arg Peri:73.05108°
Satellite Of:Jupiter
Group:Ananke group
Mean Diameter:
Magnitude:23.9
Abs Magnitude:17.3

S/2021 J 1 is a small outer natural satellite of Jupiter discovered by Scott S. Sheppard on 12 August 2021, using the 6.5-meter Magellan-Baade Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. It was announced by the Minor Planet Center on 5 January 2023, after observations were collected over a long enough time span to confirm the satellite's orbit.

S/2021 J 1 is part of the Ananke group, a cluster of retrograde irregular moons of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Ananke at semi-major axes between NaNe6km, orbital eccentricities between 0.1–0.4, and inclinations between 139–155°. It has a diameter of about for an absolute magnitude of 17.3, making it one of Jupiter's smallest known moons.