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Kalyke (moon)

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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°.

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