Jupiter XI
Carme [KAR-mee] is the fourteenth known satellite of Jupiter. Carme and Zeus were the parents of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess. Very little is known about Carme.
Discovered by .................................. S. Nicholson Date of discovery ...................................... 1938 Mass (kg) .......................................... 9.56e+16 Mass (Earth = 1) ................................. 1.5997e-08 Equatorial radius (km) ................................... 20 Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) .................... 3.1358e-03 Mean density (gm/cm^3) .................................. 2.8 Mean distance from Jupiter (km) .................. 22,600,000 Rotational period (days) .................................. ? Orbital period (days) .................................. -692 Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) ........................ -2.37 Orbital eccentricity ................................. 0.2068 Orbital inclination ..................................... 163° Escape Velocity (km/sec) ............................. 0.0253 Visual geometric albedo ................................... ? Magnitude (Vo) ......................................... 18.0