S/2003 J 9

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Template:Nowrap is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003.<ref name="MPEC-2003-E29"/>

Template:Nowrap is about 1 kilometre in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of Template:Cvt in 767.60 days, at an inclination of 166.3° to the ecliptic (166° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.17.

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°.

This moon was once considered lost<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=Jacobson>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> until November 2020, when the Minor Planet Center announced the recovery of S/2003 J 9 by Scott Sheppard in observations from September 2011 to April 2018.<ref name="MPEC-2020-V19"/> Template:Clear

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