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Eirene (moon)

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We likely have all of the lost moons in our new observations from 2017, but to link them back to the remaining lost 2003 objects requires more observations a year later to confirm the linkages, which will not happen until early 2018. ... There are likely a few more new moons as well in our 2017
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with sixteen tweets suggesting the name, most significantly by users Quadrupoltensor (@Quadrupoltensor) who first suggested the name and PaulR (@PJRYYC).
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observations, but we need to reobserve them in 2018 to determine which of the discoveries are new and which are lost 2003 moons.
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Eirene is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,974,000 km in 743.88 days, at an
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Jacobson, B.; Brozović, M.; Gladman, B.; Alexandersen, M.; Nicholson, P. D.; Veillet, C. (28 September 2012).
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Listed in increasing approximate distance from Jupiter
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Brozović, Marina; Jacobson, Robert A. (9 March 2017).
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Index

Discovered by
Scott Sheppard
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Εἰρήνη
Alternative names
Adjectives
/rɪˈnən/
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis
Eccentricity
Orbital period (sidereal)
Inclination
Satellite of
Jupiter
Group
Carme group
Mean diameter
Apparent magnitude
Absolute magnitude (H)
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retrograde
irregular satellite
Jupiter
University of Hawaii
Scott S. Sheppard
lost
inclination
ecliptic
retrograde
eccentricity

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