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Radio counterparts to JuMBO 24, which consists of two objects each with 11.5 Jupiter masses separated by 28 astronomical units, were found in the archives of observations of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) over three observations in 2012, 2018, and 2022. [2]
In 1892, E. E. Barnard observed a fifth satellite of Jupiter with the 36-inch (910 mm) refractor at Lick Observatory in California. This moon was later named Amalthea . [ 161 ] It was the last planetary moon to be discovered directly by a visual observer through a telescope. [ 162 ]
A montage of Jupiter and its four largest moons (distance and sizes not to scale) There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits as of 5 February 2024. [1] [note 1] This number does not include a number of meter-sized moonlets thought to be shed from the inner moons, nor hundreds of possible kilometer-sized outer irregular moons that were only briefly captured by telescopes. [4]
Leda / ˈ l iː d ə /, also known as Jupiter XIII, is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter.It was discovered by Charles T. Kowal at the Mount Palomar Observatory on September 14, 1974, after three nights' worth of photographic plates had been taken (September 11 through 13; Leda appears on all of them).
Pasiphae / p ə ˈ s ɪ f eɪ. iː /, formerly spelled Pasiphaë, [9] is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter.It was discovered in 1908 by Philibert Jacques Melotte [1] [10] and later named after the mythological Pasiphaë, wife of Minos and mother of the Minotaur from Greek legend.
Himalia (/ h ɪ ˈ m eɪ l i ə, h ɪ ˈ m ɑː l i ə /), also known as Jupiter VI, is the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter. With a diameter of at least 140 km (90 mi), [ 5 ] it is the sixth largest Jovian satellite , after the four Galilean moons and Amalthea .
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Dia / ˈ d aɪ. ə /, also known as Jupiter LIII, is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. Provisionally known as S/2000 J 11, it received its name on March 7, 2015. [3] It is named after Dia, daughter of Deioneus (or Eioneus), wife of Ixion. According to Homer, she was seduced by Zeus in stallion form; Pirithous was the issue.