S/2021 J 2 | |
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: | 0.3413342 |
Period: | –1.72 yr (–627.96 days) |
Mean Anomaly: | 320.08120° |
Mean Motion: | / day |
Inclination: | 150.11397° |
Asc Node: | 340.99094° |
Arg Peri: | 71.71210° |
Satellite Of: | Jupiter |
Group: | Ananke group |
Mean Diameter: | ≈ |
Magnitude: | 24.0 |
Abs Magnitude: | 17.3 |
S/2021 J 2 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 19 January 2023, after observations were collected over a long enough time span to confirm the satellite's orbit.
S/2021 J 2 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.