Discovered 23 November 2000 | Orbits Jupiter | |
Discoverers Yanga R. Fernández, Scott S. Sheppard, David C. Jewitt Similar Scott S Sheppard discoveries, Jupiter moons, Other celestial objects | ||
Kalyke moon december 2013
Kalyke (/ˈkælᵻkiː/ KAL-ə-kee; Greek: Καλύκη), also known as Jupiter XXIII, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard et al. in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 J 2.
Kalyke is about 5.2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,181 Mm in 721.021 days, at an inclination of 166° to the ecliptic (165° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.2140.
It was named in October 2002 after the Greek mythological figure Kalyke or Calyce.
It belongs 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°.