What is Jupiter LV?
'''Jupiter LV''', also called '''{{nowrap|S/2003 J 18}}''', is a [[Satellite (natural)|moon]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. It was found by a team of [[astronomer]]s led by [[Brett J. Gladman]] in 2003.<ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08116.html IAUC 8116: ''Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn''] 2003 April 11 (discovery)</ref><ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K03/K03G20.html MPEC 2003-G20: ''S/2003 J 18''] 2003 April 4 (discovery and ephemeris)</ref> Jupiter LV is about 2 [[kilometre]]s in [[diameter]], and [[orbit]]s Jupiter at an average distance of 19,813,000&nbsp;km in 569.728 days, at an [[inclination]] of 147° to the [[ecliptic]] (149° to Jupiter's equator), with an [[orbital eccentricity]] of 0.1570. It belongs to the [[Ananke group]], retrograde non-[[Sphere|spherical]] moons which orbit Jupiter between 19,300,000 and 22,700,000&nbsp;km, at inclinations of about 150°. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Moons of Jupiter}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Jupiter's moons]]