Jupiter LII

{{Short description|Moon of Jupiter}}

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{{Infobox Planet

| name = Jupiter LII

| image = 2010 J 2 CFHT discovery full.gif

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| caption = Discovery images taken by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in September 2010

| discoverer = Christian Veillet

| discovered = 8 September 2010

| mpc_name = Jupiter LII

| alt_names = S/2010 J 2

| orbit_ref =  [https://sites.google.com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/jupitermoons S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, Carnegie Science, on line]

| semimajor = {{val|20307150|u=km}}

| inclination = 150.4°

| eccentricity = 0.307

| period = −588.1 days

| satellite_of = Jupiter

| group = Ananke group

| magnitude = 23.9

| mean_diameter = 1 km

}}

Jupiter LII, originally known as {{nowrap|S/2010 J 2}}, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Christian Veillet in 2010.[http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/mpec/K11/K11L06.html MPEC 2011-L06: S/2010 J 1 and S/2010 J 2] June 1, 2011 (discovery) It received its permanent number in March 2015.CBET "4075: 20150307: Satellites of Jupiter", March 7, 2015. It takes 1.69 years to orbit around Jupiter, and its average distance is 21.01 million km. Jupiter LII has a diameter of about 1 kilometer and in 2010 it was labeled the smallest known moon in the Solar System to have been discovered from Earth.{{cite news

| url=http://www.space.com/16111-jupiter-smallest-moon-discovered.html

| title=Jupiter's Smallest Known Moon Unveiled

| work=Space.com

| date=2010-06-12

| access-date=2014-12-11 }}

It is a member of the Ananke group. With an estimated diameter of {{cvt|1|km|mi}}, Jupiter LII is one of the smallest known moons of Jupiter.

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