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Carme (moon)
| Discovery | |||||||
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| Discovered by | S. B. Nicholson | ||||||
| Discovered in | 1938 | ||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||
| Mean radius | 23,280,000 km | ||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.132-0.412 | ||||||
| Orbital period | 726.3 d | ||||||
| Inclination | 140.6-172.4° | ||||||
| Is a satellite of | Jupiter | ||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||
| Mean diameter | 46 km | ||||||
| Surface area | km2 | ||||||
| Mass | 1.3×1017 kg | ||||||
| Mean density | 2.6 g/cm3 | ||||||
| Surface gravity | 0.016 m/s2 | ||||||
| Rotation period | ? | ||||||
| Axial tilt | ?° | ||||||
| Albedo | 0.04 | ||||||
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| Atmospheric pressure | 0 kPa | ||||||
Carme ("KAR mee") is one of Jupiter's moons. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in California in July 1938. It is named after the mythological Carme , mother by Zeus of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess.
Carme did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known as "Jupiter XI".
It gives its name to the Carme group, made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23 and 24 Gm and at an inclination of about 165°.
Not to be confused with the asteroid 558 Carmen .
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... | S/2003 J 9 | Carme | S/2003 J 5 | ...
| Jupiter |
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| Amalthea group | Io | Europa | Ganymede | Callisto | Themisto | Himalia group | S/2003 J 20 |
| S/2003 J 12 | Ananke group | Carme group | Pasiphaė group | S/2003 J 2 |
| (see also: Jupiter's natural satellites) |
Last updated: 11-06-2004 20:55:35