S/2003 J 16 is a provisional designation for a small natural satellite of Jupiter, announced in 2003 after a ground-based survey for faint moons around the planet. Like most of Jupiter's recently found moons, it is probably an irregular satellite: a small, distant body on a tilted, elongated orbit that was most likely captured from the population of asteroids and comets. Many such moons are thought to be fragments of larger bodies shattered in collisions. Little more is known than its orbit, measured with telescopes from Earth.
Before and after
- 6 February 2003Discovery of S/2003 J 10
- 6 February 2003Discovery of S/2003 J 9
- 6 February 2003Discovery of Eirene
- 6 February 2003Discovery of S/2003 J 19
- 6 February 2003Discovery of S/2003 J 16
- 6 February 2003Discovery of Philophrosyne
- 6 February 2003Discovery of S/2003 J 23
- 8 February 2003Discovery of Herse
- 8 February 2003Discovery of Aoede
More in Universe & space
- 16 February 1948Discovery of Miranda
- 5 September 1977Launch of Voyager 1
- 4 March 1979Discovery of Metis
- 5 March 1979Discovery of Thebe
- 8 July 1979Discovery of Adrastea
- 25 December 2021Launch of James Webb Space Telescope
The era
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