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{{Infobox planet
| extrasolarplanet   = yes
| name               = Jupiter LXVIII
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| apsis              = astron
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| discoverer         = [[Biography:Scott S. Sheppard|Scott Sheppard]] ''et al.''
| discovered         = 2017
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| mpc_name = Jupiter LXVIII
| alt_names = S/2017 J 7
| orbit_ref = &thinsp;<ref>[https://sites.google.com/carnegiescience.edu/sheppard/moons/jupitermoons S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, ''Carnegie Science'', on line]</ref>
| semimajor = {{val|20627000|u=km}}
| inclination = 143.4°
| eccentricity = 0.215
| arg_peri = 323.5°
| asc_node = 321.5°
| mean_anomaly = 236.9°
| period = −602.6 days
| satellite_of = [[Astronomy:Jupiter|Jupiter]]
| group = [[Astronomy:Ananke group|Ananke group]]
| magnitude = 23.6
| mean_diameter = 2 km
}}

'''Jupiter LXVIII''', provisionally known as '''S/2017 J 7''', is an outer [[Astronomy:Natural satellite|natural satellite]] of [[Astronomy:Jupiter|Jupiter]]. It was discovered by [[Biography:Scott S. Sheppard|Scott S. Sheppard]] and his team in 2017, but not announced until July 17, 2018, via a Minor Planet Electronic Circular from the [[Organization:Minor Planet Center|Minor Planet Center]].<ref name="mpec">{{cite web|title=MPEC 2018-O15 : S/2017 J 7|url=https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K18/K18O15.html|website=Minor Planet Center|publisher=[[Organization:International Astronomical Union|International Astronomical Union]]|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> It is about 2 kilometers in diameter and orbits at a semi-major axis of about 20,627,000&nbsp;km  with an [[Astronomy:Orbital inclination|inclination]] of about 143.4°.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.dtm.ciw.edu/users/sheppard/satellites/jupsatdata.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720172949/http://home.dtm.ciw.edu/users/sheppard/satellites/jupsatdata.html |archive-date=2017-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It belongs to the [[Astronomy:Ananke group|Ananke group]].

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