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Carme
| Discovery | |||||||
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| Discovered by | Seth Barnes Nicholson | ||||||
| Discovered in | 1938 | Orbital characteristics | |||||
| Mean radius | 23,280,000 km | ||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.132-0.412 | ||||||
| Orbital period | 726.3d | ||||||
| Inclination | 140.6-172.4° | ||||||
| Is a satellite of | Jupiter | ||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||
| Equatorial diameter | 46 km | ||||||
| Surface area | km2 | ||||||
| Mass | 1.3×1017 kg | ||||||
| Mean density | 2.6 g/cm3 | ||||||
| Surface gravity | 0.016 m/s2 | ||||||
| Rotation period | ? | ||||||
| Axial tilt | ?° | ||||||
| Albedo | 0.04 | ||||||
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| Atmospheric pressure | 0 kPa | ||||||
Carme ("KAR mee") is one of Jupiter's moons. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson[?], California in July 1938. It is named for the mother by Zeus of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess. Carme has a retrograde orbit.
- Orbital radius: 22,600,000 km
- diameter: 40 km
- mass: 9.56×1016 kg
- Orbital period: 692 days
- Orbital inclination: 163°
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