MoonMoon of Jupiter

Carme

A retrograde irregular moon, namesake of the Carme group.

46km

Diameter

23,404,000km

From Jupiter

734.2days

Orbital Period

1938

Discovered

About

Carme is a retrograde irregular moon of Jupiter and the namesake of the Carme group.

Properties

46km

Diameter

23,404,000km

Semi-major Axis

734.17days

Orbital Period

1.3e17kg

Mass

1938

Discovery Year

Seth Barnes Nicholson

Discovered By

Notable Facts

Carme leads a group of retrograde moons thought to be fragments of a captured asteroid

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