Arche

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Arche is a small, irregular outer moon of Jupiter belonging to the Carme group of retrograde satellites.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Carme group member
moon of Jupiter
natural satellite
outer moon
retrograde satellite
albedo low
argumentOfPeriapsis approximately 120 degrees (approximate)
belongsTo Carme group NERFINISHED
color dark
discoverer Brian G. Marsden NERFINISHED
David C. Jewitt NERFINISHED
Jan T. Kleyna NERFINISHED
Scott S. Sheppard NERFINISHED
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations
discoveryYear 2002
groupInclinationRange Carme group inclinations around 165 degrees
groupOrbitalRange Carme group orbits between about 23 and 24 million km from Jupiter NERFINISHED
likelyOrigin captured D-type asteroid
meanAnomaly approximately 190 degrees (at epoch, approximate)
meanDiameter approximately 3 kilometers
meanRadius approximately 1.5 kilometers
namedAfter Arche (mythology) NERFINISHED
one of the Muses
orbitalDirection retrograde
orbitalEccentricity approximately 0.15
orbitalInclination about 164 degrees to Jupiter's equator
about 165 degrees to the ecliptic
orbitalPeriod approximately 723 Earth days
orbits Jupiter NERFINISHED
provisionalDesignation S/2002 J 1 NERFINISHED
rotationState unknown
satelliteOf Jupiter NERFINISHED
semiMajorAxis approximately 23,000,000 kilometers
shape irregular
spectralType D-type (assumed, by group association)

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