S/2010 J 2

Christian Veillet

S/2010 J 2 is one of the smaller moons of the planet Jupiter.

Discovery

S/2010 J 2 was discovered on September 8, 2010 by the French astronomer Christian Veillet. The moon has not yet received no official name - these are among the moons of Jupiter usually female figures from Greek mythology - but is in accordance with the Nomenclature of the International Astronomical Union ( IAU) tentatively identified as S/2010 J 2 respectively.

Path data

S/2010 J 2 orbits Jupiter with a semi-major axis of about 20 million kilometers in just 600 days. The track has an eccentricity of 0.31. With an inclination of 150 ° to the ecliptic, the path is retrograde, that is, the moon moves against the direction of rotation of Jupiter around the planet.

Physical data

S/2010 J 2 has a diameter of about 1 km.