Jupiter LII

S/2010 J 2
Discovery
Discovered by	Christian Veillet
Discovery date	2010
Orbital characteristics
Mean orbit radius	20,307,150 km
Eccentricity	0.307
Orbital period (sidereal)	588.82 days
Inclination	150.4°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	~0.5 km

S/2010 J 2 is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Christian Veillet in 2010.^[1]^[2] S/2010 J 2 takes 1.69 years to orbit around Jupiter, and its average distance is 13.06 million miles (21.01 million km). S/2010 J 2 has a diameter of about 1 kilometer and in 2010 it was labeled the smallest known moon in the solar system which had been found from the earth^[3].

References

^ MPEC 2011-L06: S/2010 J 1 and S/2010 J 2 2011 June 1 (discovery)
^ [1] Jupiter's Known Satellites
^ "Jupiter's Smallest Known Moon Unveiled". Space.com. 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2014-12-11.

[1] MPEC 2011-L06: S/2010 J 1 and S/2010 J 2 2011 June 1 (discovery)

[2] [1] Jupiter's Known Satellites

[3] "Jupiter's Smallest Known Moon Unveiled". Space.com. 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2014-12-11.

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v t e Moons of Jupiter
Listed in increasing approximate distance from Jupiter
Inner moons	Metis Adrastea Amalthea Thebe
Galilean moons	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
Themisto	Themisto
Himalia group (9)	Leda Ersa S/2018 J 2 Himalia Pandia Lysithea Elara S/2011 J 3 Dia
Carpo group (2)	S/2018 J 4 Carpo
Valetudo	Valetudo
Ananke group (26)	Euporie Jupiter LV Eupheme S/2021 J 3 Jupiter LII Jupiter LIV Mneme Euanthe S/2003 J 16 Harpalyke Orthosie S/2022 J 3 Helike S/2021 J 2 Praxidike Jupiter LXIV S/2021 J 1 S/2003 J 12 Jupiter LXVIII Thelxinoe Thyone S/2003 J 2 Ananke Iocaste Hermippe Jupiter LXX
Carme group (30)	S/2022 J 1 S/2022 J 2 S/2016 J 3 Pasithee Jupiter LXIX S/2021 J 6 S/2003 J 24 Chaldene Jupiter LXIII Isonoe S/2021 J 4 Kallichore Erinome Kale Eirene Aitne Eukelade Arche Taygete Jupiter LXXII Carme Herse Jupiter LXI Jupiter LI S/2003 J 9 Jupiter LXVI Kalyke S/2018 J 3 S/2021 J 5 S/2003 J 10
Pasiphae group (18)	Philophrosyne Eurydome Jupiter LVI S/2003 J 4 S/2016 J 4 Jupiter LXVII Hegemone Pasiphae Sponde Megaclite Cyllene Sinope Jupiter LIX Aoede Autonoe Callirrhoe S/2003 J 23 Kore
See also	Rings of Jupiter Jupiter's moons in fiction
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