Astronomy Answers: From the Astronomical Dictionary

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S/2003 J5

A moon of 4 km diameter at about 23,495,000 km from the planet Jupiter. The gravity at its surface is about 0.0002 times as strong as on Earth. The moon goes once around its planet in about 735.6 days. The moon was discovered in 2003.