Arche (moon)
Mauna Kea Obs. | |
Discovery date | 31 October 2002 |
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Designations | |
Designation | Jupiter XLIII |
Pronunciation | /ˈɑːrkiː/ |
Named after | Αρχή Archē |
S/2002 J 1 | |
Adjectives | Archean /ɑːrˈkiːən/ |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
22931000 km | |
Eccentricity | 0.259 |
−723.9 days | |
126.7° | |
Inclination | 165.0° |
350.7° | |
161.1° | |
Satellite of | Jupiter |
Group | Carme group |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 3 km |
22.8 | |
Arche University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard on 31 October 2002, and received the temporary designation S/2002 J 1.[2][3]
Arche is about 3 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,717,000 km in 746.185 days, at an
eccentricity
of 0.149.
It was named in 2005 after
Arche 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°.
References
- ^ S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, Carnegie Science, on line
- ^ IAUC 8035: S/2002 J 1 Archived 2006-04-08 at the Wayback Machine 2002 December 18 (discovery)
- ^ MPEC 2002-Y22: S/2002 J 1 2002 December 18 (discovery and ephemeris)
- ^ IAUC 8502: Satellites of Jupiter 2005 March 30 (naming the moon)