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 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 Carme (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Agdistis

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.

Taygete → hasParentGroupPrimary → Carme (moon) ⓘ
subject linked to: Jovian moon Taygete
Carme group → namedAfter → Carme (moon) ⓘ
Carme group → hasLargestMember → Carme (moon) ⓘ