S/2003 J 9 is a non-sphericalmoon ofJupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from theUniversity of Hawaii led byScott S. Sheppard in 2003.[1][2]
S/2003 J 9 is about 1 kilometre in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,858,000 km in 752.839 days, at aninclination of 165° to theecliptic (165° to Jupiter's equator), with anorbital eccentricity of 0.276.
It belongs to theCarme group, made up of non-spherical retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23,000,000 and 24,000,000 km and at an inclination of about 165°.
