User:Nrco0e/Notes/Irregular moons

Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons

Photometric parameters of irregular satellites: http://nsdb.imcce.fr/multisat/parcohe.htm

Discovery circumstances

Jupiter

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2010

2011

2016

2017

2018

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Discovery announcements

  • https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?sat_discovery Planetary Satellite Discovery Circumstances
  • https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Planets Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers
  • http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/moonlist.html List of IAU Preliminary Designations of Natural Satellites (Updated Jan 2020)
  • http://www2.ess.ucla.edu/~jewitt/irregulars.html Hawaii Irregular Satellites Survey (Archived 2008)

Jupiter

Callirrhoe
  • The Jupiter Satellite Page (Archived Jun 2007)

1999 (17 moons; +1)

  • https://news.arizona.edu/story/astronomers-discover-new-moon-of-jupiter Astronomers Discover New Moon of Jupiter
  • https://spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu/news/s1999-j-1 S/1999 J 1
  • http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/pressinfo/S1999J1.html New Outer Satellite of Jupiter Discovered
    • IAUC 7460: S/1999 J 1
  • https://www.eso.org/public/usa/news/eso0025/ ESO Observations of New Moon of Jupiter
  • https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0007/21jovianmoon New moon of Jupiter found (Archived)
  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/846914.stm New moon found circling Jupiter

2001 (28 moons; +11)

  • Jupiter Satellite (2000 J1 = S/1975 J1) (Archived)
  • IAUC 7525: S/1975 J 1 = S/2000 J 1
  • Eleven New Moons for Jupiter (Archived)
    • Preliminary orbits and internal designations (Archived)
  • IAUC 7555: Sats OF JUPITER; 2001B; 2001C (S/2000 J 2-11)
    • MPEC 2001-A28 : S/2000 J 2, S/2000 J 3, S/2000 J 4, S/2000 J 5, S/2000 J 6
    • MPEC 2001-A29 : S/2000 J 7, S/2000 J 8, S/2000 J 9, S/2000 J 10, S/2000 J 11
  • https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2001/01/jupiter-racks-11-new-moons Jupiter Racks Up 11 New Moons

2002 (40 moons; +12)

  • The New Outer Satellites of Jupiter (Archived)
    • Press Release for Jupiter's New Satellites (Archived)
    • Preliminary orbits and internal designations (Archived)
  • IAUC 7900: Sats OF JUPITER; XTE J0929-314; C/2002 C1
    • MPEC 2002-J54 : ELEVEN NEW SATELLITES OF JUPITER
  • Arche: The New Jupiter Satellite S/2002 J1 (Archived)
  • IAUC 8035: 2002jy; S/2002 J 1; V4743 Sgr
    • MPEC 2002-Y22 : S/2002 J 1
  • https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/01/03/jupiter.moon/ 40th moon of Jupiter spotted

2003 (61 moons; +21)

  • New Satellites of Jupiter Discovered in 2003 (Archived)
  • Jupiter and Saturn Have More Moons (Subaru; Apr 2003)
  • IAUC 8087: Sats OF JUPITER; 2003bg; GRB 030227 (S/2003 J 1-7)
    • MPEC 2003-E11 : S/2003 J 1, 2003 J 2, 2003 J 3, 2003 J 4, 2003 J 5, 2003 J 6, 2003 J 7
  • IAUC 8088: S/2003 J 8; 2003bn; 2003bg; IGR J19140+098
    • MPEC 2003-E15 : S/2003 J 8
    • MPEC 2003-E24 : S/2003 J 8 precovery
  • IAUC 8089: Sats OF JUPITER; 2003bo, 2003bp,, 2003bq; C/2002 V1 (S/2003 J 9-12)
    • MPEC 2003-E29 : S/2003 J 9, 2003 J 10, 2003 J 11, 2003 J 12; S/2003 J 1, 2003 J 6
  • IAUC 8116: Sats OF JUPITER, SATURN; C/2003 G2 (S/2003 J 13-15 + S/2003 J 16-18)
  • IAUC 8125: S/2003 J 19, S/2003 J 20; 2003dx, 2003dy, 2003dz, 2003ea, 2003eb; C/2003 H2
    • MPEC 2003-G64 : S/2003 J 19
    • MPEC 2003-G67 : S/2003 J 20
  • Irregular Satellites of Jupiter
    • Canadian astronomers find new moons of Jupiter (Archived Jun 2003)
    • IAUC 8138: C/2003 K2; C/2003 K3; S/2003 J 21
      • MPEC 2003-K45 : S/2003 J 21

2004 (63 moons; +2)

  • S/2003 J22 and S/2003 J23
  • IAUC 8276: S/2003 J 22; 2004M, 2004N,, 2004O; C/2003 B2, C/2003 C1,, C/2003 D1
    • MPEC 2004-B41 : S/2003 J 22
  • IAUC 8281: S/2003 J 23; 2004Q; 2003lt, 2004R
    • MPEC 2004-B81 : S/2003 J 23

2011-2012 (65 moons; +2)

  • UBC researchers help unveil Jupiter's smallest known moon
  • Discovery of two additional Jovian irregulars
  • New Satellites of Jupiter: S/2010 J 1 AND S/2010 J 2 Bibcode
    • MPEC 2011-L06 : S/2010 J 1 AND S/2010 J 2
      • MPEC 2011-R49 : S/2010 J 1
      • MPEC 2011-R50 : S/2010 J 2
  • https://www.space.com/16111-jupiter-smallest-moon-discovered.html Jupiter's Smallest Known Moon Unveiled

2012 (67 moons; +2)

  • New Satellites of Jupiter: S/2011 J 1 and S/2011 J 2 Bibcode
    • MPEC 2012-B97 : S/2011 J 1 AND S/2011 J 2
  • 2 New Satellites of Jupiter Discovered (Archived)
  • https://www.universetoday.com/93473/two-new-moons-for-jupiter/ Two New Moons for Jupiter

Note: Dia was long lost and was not counted as a satellite until it was rediscovered in 2015. Therefore the counts would have been one less (66, 64, 62, etc.), though I include Dia here for simplicity purposes.

2017 (69 moons; +2)

  • New Moons of Jupiter Announced in 2017 (Archived)
    • MPEC 2017-L08 : S/2016 J 1
    • MPEC 2017-L47 : S/2017 J 1
  • https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/two-new-satellites-for-jupiter/ Two New Satellites for Jupiter
  • http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/two-new-satellites-jupiter Two New Satellites for Jupiter
  • https://epl.carnegiescience.edu/news/two-new-moons-jupiter-discovered Two New Moons of Jupiter Discovered
  • https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/jupiter-now-has-69-moons/ Jupiter Now Has 69 Moons

2018 (79 moons; +10)

  • New Jupiter Moons
  • A Dozen New Moons Of Jupiter Discovered, Including One “Oddball”
  • https://www.noao.edu/noao/noaonews/oct18/118news.pdf
  • MPEC 2018-O09 : S/2016 J 2
  • MPEC 2018-O10 : S/2017 J 2
  • MPEC 2018-O11 : S/2017 J 3
  • MPEC 2018-O12 : S/2017 J 4
  • MPEC 2018-O13 : S/2017 J 5
  • MPEC 2018-O14 : S/2017 J 6
  • MPEC 2018-O15 : S/2017 J 7
  • MPEC 2018-O16 : S/2017 J 8
  • MPEC 2018-O17 : S/2017 J 9
  • MPEC 2018-O18 : S/2018 J 1

Saturn

Ymir
  • ADS Search: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=saturn%20irregular%20satellites&sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc&p_=10
  • https://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/gladman/saturn.html The Saturnian Irregulars Home Page (Archived)
  • The Satellites of Saturn / Les Satellites de Saturne (Archived)

2000 (30 moons; +12)

  • 22 moons: Saturn Swarming with Satellites
  • APOD: 2000 November 3 - New Moons For Saturn
  • IAUC 7512: S/2000 S 1, S/2000 S 2
  • IAUC 7513: S/2000 S 3, S/2000 S 4
    • M.P.C. 41527 Preliminary orbits for S/2000 S 1-4
  • IAUC 7521: S/2000 S 5, S/2000 S 6
  • 28 moons (S7-10): Four additional moons discovered orbiting Saturn
  • https://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/12/15/saturn.moons/index.html Four new moons spotted around Saturn (Archived)
  • IAUC 7538: S/2000 S 7, S/2000 S 8, S/2000 S 9
  • IAUC 7539: S/2000 S 10; OUTER Sats OF THE GIANT PLANETS
    • "In the future, the Minor Planet Electronic Circulars will be used to provide the initial information more completely"
    • MPEC 2000-Y14 : S/2000 S 3, S/2000 S 4, S/2000 S 5, S/2000 S 6, S/2000 S 10
  • IAUC 7545: 2000fm; 2000fe; S/2000 S 11
    • MPEC 2000-Y13 : S/2000 S 11
  • IAUC 7548: COMET P/1963 W1 = 2000 SO_253 (ANDERSON-LINEAR); S/2000 S 12; URSID METEORS 2000; C/2000 W2, C/2000 W3; C/1999 T1
    • MPEC 2000-Y33 : S/2000 S 12
  • Press release: https://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/gladman/satpresse1.html
  • Twelve New-Found Moons of Saturn Are Collisional Remnants of Larger Moons, University of Arizona (Arhcived)
  • https://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/gladman/satastrom.html The Saturnian Irregulars -- ASTROMETRIC home page

2003 (31 moons; +1)

  • Saturn's New Satellite S/2003 S1 (Archived)
  • IAUC 8116: Sats OF JUPITER, SATURN; C/2003 G2
    • MPEC 2003-G39 : S/2003 S 1
  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2932691.stm Saturn's new moon

2005 (46 moons; +12)

  • Twelve New Moons For Saturn (Archived)
  • IAUC 8523: NEW Sats OF SATURN; 2005by; V5115 Sgr Bibcode
    • MPEC 2005-J13 : TWELVE NEW SATELLITES OF SATURN
  • New Moons for Saturn
  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4511715.stm Twelve new moons for Saturn
  • https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/12-new-saturnian-moons/ 12 New Saturnian Moons
  • https://astronomy.com/news/2005/05/new-saturn-moons New Saturn moons
  • https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7344-twelve-new-moons-discovered-around-saturn/ Twelve new moons discovered around Saturn

2006 (56 moons; +9)

  • IAUC 8727: Sats OF SATURN; 2006dj, 2006dk, 2006dl; C/2006 J12, C/2006 K6 Bibcode
    • MPEC 2006-M44 : S/2004 S 19
    • MPEC 2006-M45 : EIGHT NEW SATELLITES OF SATURN (S/2006 S 1-8)
    • MPEC 2006-M48 : S/2006 S 2, S/2006 S 5, S/2006 S 8

2007 (59 moons; +3)

  • IAUC 8836: S/2007 S 1, S/2007 S 2, S/2007 S 3; (4951); P/2007 C2
    • MPEC 2007-G38 : S/2007 S 1
    • MPEC 2007-J09 : S/2007 S 2, S/2007 S 3 (S/2007 S 3 currently lost)

2019 (82 moons; +20)

  • https://carnegiescience.edu/news/saturn-surpasses-jupiter-after-discovery-20-new-moons-and-you-can-help-name-them Saturn Surpasses Jupiter After The Discovery Of 20 New Moons And You Can Help Name Them!
    • MPEC 2019-T126 : S/2004 S 20
    • MPEC 2019-T127 : S/2004 S 21
    • MPEC 2019-T128 : S/2004 S 22
    • MPEC 2019-T129 : S/2004 S 23
    • MPEC 2019-T131 : S/2004 S 24
    • MPEC 2019-T132 : S/2004 S 25
    • MPEC 2019-T133 : S/2004 S 26
    • MPEC 2019-T134 : S/2004 S 27
    • MPEC 2019-T135 : S/2004 S 28
    • MPEC 2019-T136 : S/2004 S 29
    • MPEC 2019-T140 : S/2004 S 30
    • MPEC 2019-T153 : S/2004 S 31
    • MPEC 2019-T154 : S/2004 S 32
    • MPEC 2019-T155 : S/2004 S 33
    • MPEC 2019-T156 : S/2004 S 34
    • MPEC 2019-T157 : S/2004 S 35
    • MPEC 2019-T158 : S/2004 S 36
    • MPEC 2019-T159 : S/2004 S 37
    • MPEC 2019-T160 : S/2004 S 38
    • MPEC 2019-T161 : S/2004 S 39

Uranus

Caliban
  • https://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/gladman/uranus97.html 1997 Discovery of Two New Moons of Uranus (Archived)
  • https://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/gladman/urhome.html The Uranian Irregulars Home Page (Archived)
  • https://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/gladman/urbib.html Bibliographic References
  • Update on New Satellites of Uranus

1997 (17 moons; +2)

  • Two New Moons of Uranus Discovered (Archived)
  • Discovery of Two New Uranian Moons
  • Discovery and Tracking of Two New Uranian Moons
    • IAUC 6764: Sats OF URANUS (Announcement)
    • IAUC 6765: Sats OF URANUS (preliminary orbits)
    • IAUC 6771: P/1997 V1; C/1997 V2; Sats OF URANUS
    • IAUC 6780: Sats OF URANUS (Follow-up observations)
    • IAUC 6833: S/1997 U 1; S/1997 U 2 (Ephemerides)
  • New Uranian Satellites (Archived)
  • https://news.cornell.edu/stories/1997/10/planet-uranus-has-two-more-moons-cornell-and-canadian-astronomers-find 'Irregular' satellites S/1997 U1 and S/1997 U2 discovered with Palomar Mountain's 5-meter Hale telescope (Archived)
  • https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/text/uran_pr_971031.txt Two new Uranian Satellites Discovered
  • https://www.sciencemag.org/news/1997/10/two-new-moons-around-uranus Two New Moons Around Uranus

1999 (21 moons; +3)

  • Discovery of Three Irregular Uranian Moons
  • Buzzing like a beehive: Uranus now swarming with distant moons
    • IAUC 7230: Prob. NEW Sats OF URANUS
    • IAUC 7248: Prob. NEW Sats OF URANUS
  • Recovery observations: IAUC 7447: S/1999 U 3
  • IAUC 7450: S/1999 U 1; C/1998 K16, 1998 K17, 2000 M2
  • IAUC 7473: S/1999 U 2
  • https://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/gladman/urtech.html Known astrometry of S/1999 U 1, U 2, and U 3
  • The Discovery of Uranus XIX, XX, and XXI Gladman et al. (2000)

2002 (24 moons; +3)

  • Three more minor moons for Uranus (S/2001 U 2 was lost)
  • Tracking of S/2001 U 1
  • IAUC 7980: S/2001 U 1; S/2002 (121) 1
    • MPEC 2002-S64 : S/2001 U 1
  • IAUC 8216: P/2003 T1; S/2001 U 3; (66063) 1998 RO_1
    • MPEC 2003-T29 : S/2001 U 3

2003 (27 moons; +1)

  • New Satellites of Uranus Discovered in 2003 (Archived)
  • IAUC 8213: S/2001 U 2, S/2002 N 4; C/2003 S4
    • MPEC 2003-S105: S/2001 U 2
  • IAUC 8217: S/2003 U 3; 157P; AG Dra
    • MPEC 2003-T58 : S/2003 U 3

Neptune

Psamathe

2002 (11 moons; +3)

  • Discovery of 3 satellites of Neptune
  • Discovery of Three Irregular Neptunian Moons
  • IAUC 8047: Sats OF NEPTUNE; N IN NGC 185; 2003H
    • MPEC 2003-A75 : S/2002 N 1, 2002 N 2, 2002 N3
  • National Research Council astronomer part of team that discovers new moons (Archived)
  • UBC Professor Helps Discover New Moons of Neptune (Archived)
  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2656959.stm New moons for Neptune
  • https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0301/14moons/ Three new moons found around Neptune

2003 (13 moons; +2)

  • IAUC 8213: S/2001 U 2, S/2002 N 4; C/2003 S4
    • MPEC 2003-S107: S/2002 N 4
  • New Satellite of Neptune S/2003 N1
  • IAUC 8193: C/2002 CE_10; Sats OF NEPTUNE
    • MPEC 2003-R18 : S/2002 N 1
    • MPEC 2003-R19 : S/2003 N 1

Numbering and naming of irregular satellites

Jupiter

  • IAUC 7998: P/2002 T5; Sats OF JUPITER (1975/1999-2000; Oct 2002)
    • S/2000 J 11 was lost and therefore not named. It was later recovered in 2011 and given the name Dia.
      • Long Lost Moon of Jupiter Found
  • IAUC 8177: Sats OF (22); Sats OF JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS (S/2001 J 1-11; Aug 2003)
  • IAUC 8502: V5115 Sgr = N Sgr 2005; 2005ay; Sats OF JUPITER (2002/2003; Mar 2005)
  • IAUC 8826: Sats OF JUPITER, SATURN; RING OF URANUS; 2006 VV_2 (S/2003 J 14; Apr 2007)
    • New Satellite Names Approved (Archived)
  • Satellites of Jupiter Bibcode (S/2003 J 17; Nov 2009)
    • Jupiter L Named Herse (Archived)
  • Satellites of Jupiter Bibcode (S/2000 J 11; Mar 2015)
    • New Name Approved for Jovian Satellite
  • Public Contest Successfully Finds Names For Jupiter's New Moons
    • Names Approved for Five Jovian Satellites

Saturn

  • IAUC 8177: Sats OF (22); Sats OF JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS (S/2000 J 1-12; Aug 2003)
  • IAUC 8471: 2005O; C/2004 T8, Y5, Y6, Y7, Y8; Sats OF SATURN (S/2003 S 1; Jan 2005)
  • IAUC 8826: Sats OF JUPITER, SATURN; RING OF URANUS; 2006 VV_2 (2004/2006; Apr 2007)
    • New Satellite Names Approved (Archived)
  • IAUC 8860: 2007cr-2007cv; 189P; P/2007 N1; SATURN XLIV (HYRROKKIN) (Hyrrokkin; Jul 2007)
    • Spelling of Saturnian Satellite Changed
  • IAUC 8873: P/2007 S1; Sats OF SATURN (2006/2007; Sep 2007)
  • IAUC 9191: Saturn XXVIII (Erriapus) (Erriapus; Dec 2007)
    • Spelling of Saturn XXVIII

Uranus

  • IAUC 7132: Sats OF URANUS (S/1997 U 1-2; Mar 1999)
  • IAUC 7479: COMET C/2000 O3 (SOHO); C/2000 P1, C/2000 P2; Sats OF URANUS; EDITORIAL NOTICE (S/1999 U 1-3; Aug 2000)
  • IAUC 8177: Sats OF (22); Sats OF JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS (S/2001 U 1; Aug 2003)
  • Satellites of Uranus (2001/2003; Dec 2005)
    • IAUC 8648: Sats OF URANUS; 2005mf, 2005mg; C/2005 U7, C/2005 U8, C/2005 Y1

Neptune

  • IAUC 8802: P/2006 XG_16; Sats OF NEPTUNE; C/2006 P1 (2002/2003; Feb 2007)
    • New Names Approved for Four Satellites of Neptune (Archived)

Gallery

Orbits and positions of Solar System irregular satellites as 1 Jan 2021
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