Carme (moon)
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| Discovery | |||||||
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| Discovered by | S. B. Nicholson | ||||||
| Discovered in | July 30, 1938 | ||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||
| Mean radius | 23,734,465 km (0.15866 AU) | ||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.3122 | ||||||
| Periastron | 16,324,700 km (0.109 AU) | ||||||
| Apastron | 31,144,200 km (0.208 AU) | ||||||
| Orbital period | 747.008062 d (2.045 a) | ||||||
| Orbital circumference | 145,425,000 km (0.972 AU) | ||||||
| Orbital velocity | max: 3.191 km/s mean: 2.253 km/s min: 1.673 km/s | ||||||
| Inclination | 165.54° (to the ecliptic) 120.66° (to Jupiter's equator) | ||||||
| Is a satellite of | Jupiter | ||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||
| Mean diameter | 46 km | ||||||
| Surface area | ~6600 km2 | ||||||
| Volume | ~51,000 km3 | ||||||
| Mass | 1.3×1017 kg | ||||||
| Mean density | 2.6 g/cm3 | ||||||
| Surface gravity | 0.017 m/s2 (0.0017 g) | ||||||
| Escape velocity | ~0.028 km/s | ||||||
| Rotation period | ? | ||||||
| Axial tilt | ?° | ||||||
| Albedo | 0.04 | ||||||
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| Atmospheric pressure | 0 kPa | ||||||
Carme (kar'-mee, Greek Κάρμη) 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 was sometimes called "Pan". Note that Pan is now the name of a satellite of Saturn.
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.
External links
- Seth B. Nicholson, "Two new satellites of Jupiter", PASP 50 (1938) 292–293 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0050//0000292.000.html)
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| Metis | Adrastea | Amalthea | Thebe | Io | Europa | Ganymede | Callisto | Themisto | Leda | Himalia | Lysithea | Elara | S/2000 J 11 | Carpo | S/2003 J 12 | Euporie | S/2003 J 3 | S/2003 J 18 | Thelxinoe | Euanthe | Helike | Orthosie | Iocaste | S/2003 J 16 | Ananke | Praxidike | Harpalyke | Hermippe | Thyone | Mneme | S/2003 J 17 | Aitne | Kale | Taygete | S/2003 J 19 | Chaldene | S/2003 J 15 | S/2003 J 10 | S/2003 J 23 | Erinome | Aoede | Kallichore | Kalyke | Eurydome | S/2003 J 14 | Pasithee | Cyllene | Eukelade | S/2003 J 4 | Hegemone | Arche | Carme | Isonoe | S/2003 J 9 | S/2003 J 5 | Pasiphaë | Sinope | Sponde | Autonoe | Callirrhoe | Megaclite | S/2003 J 2 |
| Amalthea group | Galilean moons | Himalia group | Ananke group | Carme group | Pasiphaë group |
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