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Solar
Moon

S/2017 J 6

Orbits Jupiter

In the sky

Right ascension
09h 18m 04s
Declination
+16° 18′ 46″
Constellation
Cancer
Distance from Earth
6.05 AU
Elongation from the Sun
38.69° — near the Sun — look low at dusk or dawn

Favours the northern hemisphere; low or below the horizon from far south.

Shown at its parent's position — a moon sits within a fraction of a degree of its planet.

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Two-body approximation, good to about a degree for the planets — enough to find the constellation and know whether it is up.

Orbital elements

Semi-major axis
0.155 AU
Eccentricity
0.333
Inclination
149.6°
Orbital period
724.5 days
Perihelion
0.104 AU
Aphelion
0.207 AU
Longitude of ascending node
312.8°
Argument of periapsis
15.5°
Epoch · ecliptic
2000-01-01.5

Discovery & classification

Also known as S2017_J_6

Sources