Outer Moons of Jupiter (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Outer Moons of Jupiter

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Various groupings of Jovian moons with the newly discovered ones shown in bold. The 'oddball,' called Valetudo after the Roman god Jupiter's great-granddaughter, has a prograde orbit that crosses the retrograde orbits.

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By Roberto Molar-Candanosa, courtesy of Carnegie Institution for Science.

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