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S/2003 J 10

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S/2003 J 10

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moon of Jupiter

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Vinony's link graph records 100 inbound references to S/2003 J 10, and connects out to orbital inclination, orbital eccentricity and irregular moon.

It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 2003, Carme group and Irregular satellites.

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Key facts

Discovered by
Scott S. Sheppard et al.
Discovery site
Mauna Kea Obs.
Discovery date
6 February 2003
Observation arc
21 years, 2024-12-03 (last obs)
Semi major axis
0.1527889 AU (22,857,000 km)
Orbital period sidereal
–1.93 yr (–705.96 d)
Mean anomaly
279.42900 °
Mean motion
0° 30 35.79 / day
Inclination
162.99423° (to ecliptic )
Longitude of ascending node
255.22186°
Argument of perihelion
302.24985°
Satellite of
Jupiter
Group
Carme group
Mean diameter
≈ 2 km
Albedo
0.04 (assumed)
Absolute magnitude h
16.87 (99 obs)

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Wikidata facts

Parent body
Jupiter
Diameter
2
Mass
15
Orbital period
-707.78
Image
2003 J 10 Gladman CFHT annotated.gif
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time of discovery or invention
2003-02-06
provisional designation
S/2003 J 10
albedo
0.05
discoverer or inventor
Scott S. Sheppard
orbital eccentricity
0.3438
semi-major axis of an orbit
22730833
apparent magnitude
23.6
orbital inclination
163.48126
longitude of ascending node
241.82190
argument of periapsis
270.05055
mean anomaly
326.41121
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S/2003 J 10
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Encyclopedic overview

S/2003 J 10 is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi led by Scott S. Sheppard et al. in 2003.

S/2003 J 10 is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 22,857,000 km in approximately 706 days, at an inclination of 163° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.34.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “S/2003 J 10” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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