Arche

E642777

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Arche canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

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 ⓘ
color dark ⓘ
discoverer Brian G. Marsden ⓘ
David C. Jewitt ⓘ
Jan T. Kleyna ⓘ
Scott S. Sheppard ⓘ
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 ⓘ
likelyOrigin captured D-type asteroid ⓘ
meanAnomaly approximately 190 degrees (at epoch, approximate) ⓘ
meanDiameter approximately 3 kilometers ⓘ
meanRadius approximately 1.5 kilometers ⓘ
namedAfter Arche (mythology) ⓘ
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 ⓘ
provisionalDesignation S/2002 J 1 ⓘ
rotationState unknown ⓘ
satelliteOf Jupiter ⓘ
semiMajorAxis approximately 23,000,000 kilometers ⓘ
shape irregular ⓘ
spectralType D-type (assumed, by group association) ⓘ

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