Kalyke (moon)

KalykeorJupiter XXIII,is a non-sphericalmoon ofJupiter.It was found by a team of astronomers from theUniversity of Hawaiiled byScott S. Sheppard,et al. in2000,and given the designationS/2000 J 2.^[1]^[2]

Kalyke is about 5.2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,181,000 km in 721.021 days, at aninclinationof 166° to theecliptic(165° to Jupiter's equator), with anorbital eccentricityof 0.2140.

It was named in October 2002 after the Greek mythological figure Kalyke orCalyce.^[3]

It belongs to theCarme group,made up of non-spherical retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23,000,000 and 24,000,000 km and at an inclination of about 165°.

References

↑IAUC 7555:Satellites of Jupiter2001 January 5(discovery)
↑MPEC 2001-A28:S/2000 J 2, S/2000 J 3, S/2000 J 4, S/2000 J 5, S/2000 J 62001 January 5(discovery and ephemeris)
↑IAUC 7998:Satellites of Jupiter2002 October 22(naming the moon)

[1] IAUC 7555:Satellites of Jupiter2001 January 5(discovery)

[2] MPEC 2001-A28:S/2000 J 2, S/2000 J 3, S/2000 J 4, S/2000 J 5, S/2000 J 62001 January 5(discovery and ephemeris)

[3] IAUC 7998:Satellites of Jupiter2002 October 22(naming the moon)

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v t e MoonsofJupiter
Listed in increasing approximate distance from Jupiter
Inner moons(4)	Metis Adrastea Amalthea Thebe
Galilean moons(4)	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
Themisto group (1)	Themisto
Himalia group(9)	Leda Ersa S/2018 J 2 Himalia Pandia Lysithea Elara S/2011 J 3 Dia
Carpo group (2)	S/2018 J 4 Carpo
Valetudo group (1)	Valetudo
Ananke group(26)	Euporie Jupiter LV Eupheme S/2021 J 3 Jupiter LII Jupiter LIV Mneme Euanthe S/2003 J 16 Harpalyke Orthosie S/2022 J 3 Helike S/2021 J 2 Praxidike Jupiter LXIV S/2021 J 1 S/2003 J 12 Jupiter LXVIII Thelxinoe Thyone S/2003 J 2 Ananke Iocaste Hermippe Jupiter LXX
Carme group(30)	S/2022 J 1 S/2022 J 2 S/2016 J 3 Pasithee Jupiter LXIX S/2021 J 6 S/2003 J 24 Chaldene Jupiter LXIII Isonoe S/2021 J 4 Kallichore Erinome Kale Eirene Aitne Eukelade Arche Taygete Jupiter LXXII Carme Herse Jupiter LXI Jupiter LI S/2003 J 9 Jupiter LXVI Kalyke S/2018 J 3 S/2021 J 5 S/2003 J 10
Pasiphaë group(18)	Philophrosyne Eurydome Jupiter LVI S/2003 J 4 S/2016 J 4 Jupiter LXVII Hegemone Pasiphaë Sponde Megaclite Cyllene Sinope Jupiter LIX Aoede Autonoe Callirrhoe S/2003 J 23 Kore
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