Jupiter LI, provisionally known as , is a
natural satellite of
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but ...
. It was discovered by R. Jacobson, M. Brozović, B. Gladman, and M. Alexandersen in 2010.
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/ref> It received its permanent number in March 2015.[ CBET 4075: 20150307 : SATELLITES OF JUPITER, 7 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.
This body was discovered from the 200-inch (508 cm) aperture Hale telescope in California. (there is also a 60-inch aperture Hale telescope)
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Moons of Jupiter
Irregular satellites
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Carme group
Moons with a retrograde orbit