Carpo

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Carpo is a small, irregularly shaped outer moon of Jupiter with a distant, inclined orbit.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Carpo canonical 1
Carpo from Greek mythology 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf moon of Jupiter ⓘ
natural satellite ⓘ
outer moon of Jupiter ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude about 16.0 ⓘ
albedo low ⓘ
belongsTo outer irregular prograde group of Jovian moons ⓘ
belongsToPlanetarySystem Jovian system ⓘ
cataloguedAs Jupiter XLVI ⓘ
celestialBodyType irregularly shaped moon ⓘ
discoveredBy Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
discoveryMethod ground-based telescope observations ⓘ
discoverySite Mauna Kea Observatories ⓘ
discoveryTeam Scott S. Sheppard et al. ⓘ
linked to: Scott S. Sheppard
discoveryYear 2003 ⓘ
distanceFromJupiterCategory distant orbit ⓘ
gravitationalBinding bound to Jupiter ⓘ
hasAtmosphere no significant atmosphere ⓘ
location outer region of the Jovian satellite system ⓘ
massCategory very low mass ⓘ
meanDiameter about 3 km ⓘ
meanRadius about 1.5 km ⓘ
memberOf irregular satellites of Jupiter ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation Greek goddess associated with fruit and harvest ⓘ
namedAfter Carpo from Greek mythology ⓘ
linked to: Carpo
orbitalDirection prograde ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity about 0.43 ⓘ
orbitalInclination about 54 degrees to the ecliptic ⓘ
orbitalPeriod about 456 Earth days ⓘ
orbitInclinationCategory highly inclined orbit ⓘ
orbits Jupiter ⓘ
orbitShape highly eccentric ⓘ
primaryBody Jupiter ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2003 J 20 ⓘ
rotationState likely tidally uncontrolled ⓘ
semiMajorAxis about 17,145,000 km ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
solarSystemBody Jupiter system ⓘ
surfaceComposition likely dark, carbon-rich material ⓘ
visibility requires large telescopes to observe ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Carpo → namedAfter → Carpo from Greek mythology ⓘ
linked to: Carpo