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    Carme (moon of Jupiter)

    Carme
    The second largest of the outer irregular satellites of Jupiter; it is also known as Jupiter XI.


    Discovery 1938, by Seth Barnes Nicholson
    Semimajor axis 23,198,000 km (14,418,000 miles)
    Diameter 46 km (29 miles)
    Mean density 2.8 g/cm3
    Escape velocity 0.017 km/s (61 km/h, 38 mph)
    Orbital period -721.82 days (retrograde)
    Orbital eccentricity 0.234
    Orbital inclination 165.05°


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