Jupiter LI
Moon of Jupiter
title: "Jupiter LI" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["moons-of-jupiter", "irregular-satellites", "astronomical-objects-discovered-in-2010", "carme-group", "moons-with-a-retrograde-orbit", "discoveries-by-brett-j.-gladman"] description: "Moon of Jupiter" topic_path: "general/moons-of-jupiter" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_LI" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Moon of Jupiter ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jupiter LI |
| image | 2010 J 1 CFHT image.gif |
| caption | Jupiter LI imaged by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on 8 September 2020 |
| alt_names | S/2010 J 1 |
| discoverer | Robert A. Jacobson |
| Marina Brozović | |
| Brett Gladman | |
| Mike Alexandersen | |
| discovered | 7 September 2010 |
| discovery_site | Palomar Obs. |
| mpc_name | Jupiter LI |
| orbit_ref | |
| semimajor | |
| inclination | 163.2° |
| eccentricity | 0.320 |
| period | −723.2 days |
| satellite_of | Jupiter |
| group | Carme group |
| magnitude | 23.3 |
| mean_diameter | 2 km |
| :: |
| name = Jupiter LI | image = 2010 J 1 CFHT image.gif | image_scale = | caption = Jupiter LI imaged by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on 8 September 2020 | alt_names = S/2010 J 1 | discoverer = Robert A. Jacobson Marina Brozović Brett Gladman Mike Alexandersen | discovered = 7 September 2010 | discovery_site = Palomar Obs. | mpc_name = Jupiter LI | orbit_ref = | semimajor = | inclination = 163.2° | eccentricity = 0.320 | period = −723.2 days | satellite_of = Jupiter | group = Carme group | magnitude = 23.3 | mean_diameter = 2 km
Jupiter LI, provisionally known as S/2010 J 1, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by R. Jacobson, M. Brozović, B. Gladman, and M. Alexandersen in 2010. It received its permanent number in March 2015. It is now known to circle Jupiter at an average distance of 23.45 million km, taking 2.02 years to complete an orbit around Jupiter. Jupiter LI is about 3 km wide. It is a member of the Carme group.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/2010_J_1_CFHT_animation.gif" caption="Sequence of images of Jupiter LI, taken by the CFHT 38 minutes apart"] ::
This body was discovered from the 200-inch (508 cm) aperture Hale telescope in California. (there is also a 60-inch aperture Hale telescope)
References
References
- [https://sites.google.com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/jupitermoons S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, ''Carnegie Science'', on line]
- [http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K11/K11L06.html MPEC 2011-L06: ''S/2010 J 1 and S/2010 J 2''] 2011 June 1 (discovery)
- [http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/RecentIAUCs.html IAUC 9222]
- [http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/users/sheppard/satellites/jupsatdata.html] Jupiter's Known Satellites
- [[Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. CBET]] 4075: 20150307 : SATELLITES OF JUPITER, 7 March 2015.
- (2012-06-08). "Jupiter's Smallest Moon".
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