carme (moon)

b>Carme
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" \| Discovery
align="left" \| Discovered by	S. B. Nicholson
align="left" \| Discovered in	1938
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" \| Orbital characteristics
align="left" \| Mean radius	23,280,000 km
align="left" \| Eccentricity	0.132-0.412
align="left" \| Orbital period	726.3 d
align="left" \| Inclination	140.6-172.4
align="left" \| Is a satellite of	Jupiter
bgcolor="#ffc0c0" colspan="2" \| Physical characteristics
align="left" \| Mean diameter	46 km
align="left" \| Surface area	km²
align="left" \| Mass	1.3×10¹⁷ kg
align="left" \| Mean density	2.6 g/cm³
align="left" \| Surface gravity	0.016 m/s²
align="left" \| Rotation period	?
align="left" \| Axial tilt	?
align="left" \| Albedo	0.04
align="left" \| Surface temp.	{\| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0"
min !! mean !! max
K	K	K	}
align="left" \| Atmospheric pressure	0 kPa

Carme (kar'-mee) is one of Jupiter's moons. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in California in July 1938. It is named after the mythological Carme, mother by Zeus of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess. Carme did not receive its present name until 1975; before then, it was simply known as Jupiter XI. It was sometimes called "Pan". Note that Pan is now the name of a satellite of Saturn. It gives its name to the Carme group, made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23 and 24 Gm and at an inclination of about 165. Not to be confused with the asteroid 558 Carmen.

External links

Seth B. Nicholson, "Two new satellites of Jupiter", PASP 50 (1938) 292–293

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