Carme
Carme information
Average distance
from
Jupiter
:
23404000 km (0.1564
AU
)
Equatorial radius
:
27 km (
Diameter
: 54 km)
Mass
:
90000000000000000 kg
Siderial orbit period (length of year)
:
-708 earth days (retrograde)
Orbital eccentricity
:
0.409
Orbital inclination to ecliptic
:
151.4 degrees
Carme, Jupiter XI
Carme
Carme was the mother, by Zeus of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess.
Discovered by Nicholson in 1938.
Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae and Sinope are especially unusual in that their orbits are retrograde.
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Discovered by S. Nicholson in 1908
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