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 14

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of natural satellites ⓘ
irregular satellite group ⓘ
retrograde satellite group ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem 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 (14)

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

Taygete → memberOf → Carme group ⓘ
subject linked to: Jovian moon Taygete
S/2000 J 9 → group → Carme group ⓘ
Carme → memberOf → Carme group ⓘ
subject linked to: Carme (moon)
Carme → largestMemberOf → Carme group ⓘ
subject linked to: Carme (moon)
Carme → hasOrbitalFamily → Carme group ⓘ
subject linked to: Carme (moon)
Carme → isLargestIn → Carme group ⓘ
subject linked to: Carme (moon)
Taygete → belongsTo → Carme group ⓘ
Taygete → dynamicalFamily → Carme group ⓘ
Chaldene → belongsToGroup → Carme group ⓘ
Kalyke → belongsToGroup → Carme group ⓘ
Pasithee → belongsTo → Carme group ⓘ
Arche → belongsTo → Carme group ⓘ
Eukelade → belongsToGroup → Carme group ⓘ
Carme → memberOf → Carme group ⓘ