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S/2016 J 2 (Valetudo)

This tiny moon of Jupiter was first spotted in 2017. The discovery announcement was made in July 2018. The name Valetudo has been proposed, after the Roman god Jupiter’s great-granddaughter, the goddess of health and hygiene.

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