It was discovered by R. Jacobson, M. Brozović, B. Gladman, and M. Alexandersen in 2010.

[2][3][4] It received its permanent number in March 2015.

[5] It is now known to circle Jupiter at an average distance of 23.45 million km, taking 2.02 years to complete an orbit around Jupiter.

Jupiter LI is about 3 km wide.

This body was discovered from the 200-inch (508 cm) aperture Hale telescope in California.