Carme (moon of Jupiter)
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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Jupiter, moons
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PLANETS
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