Carme group

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The Carme group is a family of retrograde, irregular moons of Jupiter that share similar orbits and are thought to have originated from a captured and fragmented parent body.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Carme group canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of natural satellites
irregular satellite group
retrograde satellite group
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian satellite system
surface form: Jovian system
celestialBodyOf Jupiter
hasAlbedo low
hasCollisionalFamilyStatus probable collisional family
hasColor dark
hasCommonOrbitalElements similar semi-major axis, inclination, and eccentricity
hasCommonOriginHypothesis captured and fragmented parent body
hasDiscoveryMethod identified by orbital clustering analyses
hasDynamicalClassification retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter
hasDynamicalStabilityTimescale long-term stable on solar system timescales
hasEccentricityRange approximately 0.23–0.27
hasFormationMechanism capture and subsequent collisional disruption
hasInclinationRange about 163°–166°
hasLargestMember Carme (moon)
hasLargestMemberDiameter about 46 km
hasMeanEccentricity about 0.25
hasMeanInclination about 165°
hasMeanOrbitalPeriod about 735 days
hasMeanSemiMajorAxis about 23,000,000 km
hasMembersWithSimilarOrbits yes
hasNumberOfKnownMembers more than 15
over 20
hasObservationWavelengths near-infrared
visible
hasOrbitalDirection retrograde
hasOrbitalPeriodRange about 700–760 days
hasOrbitalResonanceStatus not in strong mean-motion resonance with Jupiter
hasOrbitType irregular
hasParentBodyHypothesis single captured D-type asteroid
hasSemiMajorAxisRange approximately 22,900,000–24,100,000 km
hasSpectralType D-type asteroid-like
hasSurfaceCompositionInference carbon-rich, primitive material (inferred)
hasTypicalArgumentOfPeriapsis clustered values
hasTypicalLongitudeOfAscendingNode clustered values
hasTypicalLongitudeOfPeriapsis clustered values
hasTypicalMemberSize small irregular moons
isDynamicallyDistinctFrom Ananke group
Pasiphae group
isPartOf Jupiter’s outer satellite system
irregular satellites of Jupiter
namedAfter Carme (moon)
orbits Jupiter

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jovian moon Taygete memberOf Carme group
subject surface form: Taygete
S/2000 J 9 group Carme group
Carme (moon) memberOf Carme group
subject surface form: Carme
Carme (moon) largestMemberOf Carme group
subject surface form: Carme
Carme (moon) hasOrbitalFamily Carme group
subject surface form: Carme
Carme (moon) isLargestIn Carme group
subject surface form: Carme