Carme ( , or as in Greek ?????) is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Seth Barnes Nicholson at Mount Wilson Observatory in California in July 1938.^[1] It is named after the mythological Carme, mother by Zeus of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess.

Carme did not receive its present name until 1975;^[2] before then, it was simply known as . It was sometimes called "Pan"^[3] between 1955 and 1975. Note that Pan is now the name of a satellite of Saturn.

It gives its name to the Carme group, made up of irregular retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23 and 24 Gm and at an inclination of about 165°. Its orbital elements are as of January 2000.^[4] They are continuously changing due to Solar and planetary perturbations.

See also

• Irregular satellites
• Jupiter's moons in fiction

References

External links

• Carme Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
• David Jewitt pages
• Scott Sheppard pages

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