Discovery of a new Jupiter satellite

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Nov 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979sci...206..951j&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 206, Nov. 23, 1979, p. 951.

Physics

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Jupiter (Planet), Natural Satellites, Space Exploration, Circular Orbits, Diameters, High Resolution, Radii, Rings, Voyager 2 Spacecraft

Scientific paper

During detailed analysis of Voyager 2 pictures of the Jupiter ring, a starlike object was identified in the plane of the ring. The same object was subsequently found on a higher-resolution frame and proved to be a satellite of Jupiter. This satellite has a circular orbit whose radius is 1.8 Jupiter radii, a period of 7 hours and 8 minutes, and a diameter of less than 40 kilometers. It is located at the outer edge of the Jupiter ring.

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