S/2016 J 3

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/s-2016-j-3

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who discovered S/2016 J 3?2016
2. What is the designation?S/2016 J 3
3. What is the parent body?Jupiter
4. How big is S/2016 J 3 compared to other moons?It is one of the smallest moons of Jupiter, just about 1 km in diameter. That is much smaller than the big moons like Ganymede or Callisto.
5. Where does S/2016 J 3 orbit around Jupiter?S/2016 J 3 orbits far from Jupiter, about 11.4 million kilometers away. It belongs to the group of irregular moons that travel in the outer reaches of the planet's system.

Semi-Major Axis: The average distance between an orbiting body and the body it orbits.
Orbital Inclination: The angle between an orbiting body's orbital plane and a reference plane.
Albedo: The measure of how much light a surface reflects.
Primordial Remnants: Objects that have remained largely unchanged since the early formation of the solar system.