S/2017 J 9

A confirmed moon in the Jupiter system.

Unnamed · Jupiter LXX · S/2017 J 9

Snapshot 2026-09-09 · catalog 1.0.0

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Physical measurements

Mean radius
— No value in the admitted source set.
GM · gravitational parameter
— No value in the admitted source set.
Mass
— Mass requires an admitted GM estimate.
Mean density
— No value in the admitted source set.

Orbit descriptions

Mean elements describe an average orbit. They are not positions for a chosen date.

JUP347 · ecliptic plane · 2000-01-01.5 TDB
Semimajor axis
21,764,200 km
Sidereal period
656.048 days
Eccentricity
0.197
Inclination to reference plane
155.4°
Argument of periapsis
276.4°
Mean anomaly
243.3°
Ascending node
245.3°
Apsidal / nodal precession periods
64.5 / 106.5 years
Reference-plane pole RA / Dec
— / —°
Plane tilt to parent equator
—°
Reference center
Not specified in this summary sourceThe summary table identifies a parent system but does not explicitly specify the reference center for each solution. Do not infer a physical-primary center, especially for Pluto’s circumbinary moons.

Orientation

No supported orientation model in the admitted PCK source.

Identity & availability

Stable catalog ID
s-2017-j-9
JPL / NAIF satellite ID
570
Names & designations
S/2017 J 9
Discovery / rediscovery years
2017S.S. Sheppard

No validated dated trajectory admitted in catalog 1.0.0. Mean elements are not ephemerides.

No image or global texture admitted in this catalog release.No environment measurements admitted in this catalog release.

Sources & evidence

  1. JPL discovery circumstancestable tr[74] (zero-based); jupiter / S/2017 J 9 · References: MPEC 2018-O17
  2. MPC planetary satellite listitems[218]; Jupiter 70
  3. JPL mean orbital elements#sat_elem row ID=72; Jupiter / S2017_J_9 / NAIF 570 · References: 47

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