Image: 2003 J 2 CFHT 2003-04-30

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Description: Animation of three images of Jupiter's irregular moon S/2003 J 2 at apparent magnitude 24.5, taken by Brett Gladman with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope's MegaPrime CCD camera on 30 April 2003. Each image was taken approximately 25 minutes apart, showing the moon's motion relative to the background stars and galaxies. The raw image datasets used are 700312p, 700318p, and 700324p.
Title: 2003 J 2 CFHT 2003-04-30
Credit: Raw images provided by the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre's Solar System Object Image Search. Shown in https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/amateur-astronomer-finds-lost-moons-of-jupiter/
Author: Brett J. Gladman/CFHT/Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
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