Key facts
- Discovered by
- Brett J. Gladman
- Discovery date
- 4 April 2003
- Alternative names
- S/2003 J 18
- Observation arc
- 19 years, 2022-09-02 (last obs)
- Semi major axis
- 20 274 000 km
- Orbital period sidereal
- −604.99 d
- Mean anomaly
- 220.7°
- Inclination
- 143.5° (to ecliptic )
- Longitude of ascending node
- 215.5°
- Argument of perihelion
- 98.15°
- Satellite of
- Jupiter
- Group
- Ananke group
- Mean diameter
Article
Jupiter LV, provisionally known as S/2003 J 18, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers led by Brett J. Gladman in 2003.
Jupiter LV is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 20.220 million km in 604.99 days, at an inclination of 143° to the ecliptic (145° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.0509.