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Carme ![]()
Carme, the fourteenth satellite of Jupiter was discovered by S. Nicholson in 1938. In Greek mythology, Carme was the mother of Britomartis (a Cretan goddess) and Zeus the father. There is very little information known about Carme.
| PHYSICAL DATA FOR CARME | |
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| Mass (kg) | 9.56e + 16 |
| Mass (Earth = 1) | 1.5997e - 08 |
| Radius (km) | 20 |
| Radius (Earth = 1) | 3.1358e - 03 |
| Mean Density (g/cm3) | 2.8 |
| Mean Distance from Jupiter (km) | 22,600,000 |
| Magnitude (V0) | 81.0 |
| ORBITAL DATA FOR CARME | |
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| Rotational period (days) | ? |
| Orbital period (days) | -692 |
| Mean orbital velocity (km/s) | -2.37 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.2068 |
| Orbital inclination (degrees) | 163 |
| Escape (km/s) | 0.0253 |
| Albedo | ? |
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