Jupiter LXI

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Jupiter LXI, provisionally known as Template:Nowrap, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers led by Brett J. Gladman, et al. in 2003.<ref>IAUC 8125: S/2003 J 19 and S/2003 J 20 Template:Webarchive 2003 April (discovery)</ref><ref>MPEC 2003-G64: S/2003 J 19 2003 April (discovery and ephemeris)</ref>

Template:Nowrap is about 2 kilometers in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 22,709 Mm in 699.125 days, at an inclination of 165° to the ecliptic (164° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.1961.

It belongs to the Carme group, made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23 and 24 Gm and at an inclination of about 165°.

This moon was lost following its discovery in 2003.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=Jacobson>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> It was recovered in 2018<ref name=recovery>Template:Cite web</ref> and given its permanent designation that year.<ref name=designation>Template:Cite web</ref>

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