Discovery of Jupiter LII

Jupiter LII is a small irregular moon of Jupiter, found in 2010 by a team of astronomers using ground-based telescopes in Hawaii. Like most of Jupiter's outer moons, it probably formed elsewhere and was captured by the planet's gravity, and it orbits Jupiter at a great distance and in a retrograde direction, opposite to the planet's rotation. It is only a couple of kilometres across and was first known under a provisional designation before receiving its Roman numeral once the orbit was confirmed. Few other facts about it are known.

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