Carme (moon)

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Carme is a retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter and the largest member of the Carme group of Jovian satellites.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Carme (moon) canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jovian satellite
irregular satellite
moon of Jupiter
natural satellite
retrograde satellite
albedo low
alternativeName Jupiter XI
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian satellite system
surface form: Jovian system

Solar System
belongsToSatelliteDynamicalClass irregular satellites of Jupiter
discoveredBy Seth Barnes Nicholson
discoveryDesignation Jupiter XI
discoverySite Mount Wilson Observatory
discoveryYear 1938
eccentricityClass high-eccentricity Jovian satellite
escapeVelocity much less than 1 km/s
groupCharacteristic shares similar retrograde, distant, and inclined orbit with other Carme group members
groupType retrograde irregular satellite group
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere detected
hasMeanOrbitalLongitudeDirection westward (retrograde) relative to Jupiter’s rotation
hasOrbitalFamily Carme group
inclinationClass high-inclination Jovian satellite
isLargestIn Carme group
largestMemberOf Carme group
likelyOrigin captured asteroid
mass very low compared to major Galilean moons
meanDiameter about 46 kilometers
meanOrbitalEccentricity about 0.25
meanOrbitalInclination about 146 degrees to Jupiter’s equator
about 164 degrees to the ecliptic
meanOrbitalRadius about 23 million kilometers from Jupiter
meanRadius about 23 kilometers
memberOf Carme group
namedAfter Agdistis
surface form: Carme (mythology)

Cretan goddess Carme
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union
orbitalDirection retrograde
orbitalPeriod about 702 Earth days
orbits Jupiter
progradeOrRetrograde retrograde
rotation non-synchronously rotating
satelliteOf Jupiter
semiMajorAxis about 23,400,000 kilometers
shape likely irregular
spectralType D-type asteroid–like
surfaceColor dark reddish

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Jovian moon Taygete hasParentGroupPrimary Carme (moon)
subject surface form: Taygete
Carme group namedAfter Carme (moon)
Carme group hasLargestMember Carme (moon)