S/2003 J 2 | |
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Discovered by | University of Hawaiʻi team led by Scott S. Sheppard and David C. Jewitt |
Date of discovery | March 4, 2003 |
S/2003 J 2 is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. The discovery, by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard and David C. Jewitt, was announced on March 4, 2003. The moon was considered lost until 2020. Recovery observations show that is not the outermost moon of Jupiter. It was first thought to belong to the Pasiphae group, but recovery observations shows that is an normal member of the Ananke group.