S/2003 J 24 (temporarily designated EJc0061) is a moon of Jupiter, discovered by Scott S. Sheppard et al. in 2003. It was independently found by amateur astronomer K Ly, who reported it on June 30, 2021. It was formally announced on 15 November 2021 in the MPEC.
Ly had previously recovered four "lost" moons of Jupiter in 2020: S/2003 J 23, S/2003 J 12, S/2003 J 4, and Jupiter LXXIII.
Based on 90 observations with an absolute magnitude (H) of 16.7, the moon is about 2–3 km in diameter.
orbits Jupiter at an average distance of in 715.4 days, at an inclination of 162° to the ecliptic, in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.25.
It belongs to the Carme group, made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23 and 24 million km and at an inclination of about 165°.
References
External links Discovery announcement at the Minor Planets Mailing List