Kallichore (moon)

Kallichore
Discovery
Discovered byScott S. Sheppard et al.
Discovery date2003
Designations
Designation
Jupiter XLIV
Pronunciation/kəˈlɪkɒriː/[1]
Named after
Καλλιχόρη Kallichorē
S/2003 J 11
AdjectivesKallichorean /ˌkælɪkəˈriːən/[2]
Orbital characteristics [3]
24043000 km
Eccentricity0.264
−764.7 days
319.4°
Inclination165.5°
41.5°
18.5°
Satellite ofJupiter
GroupCarme group
Physical characteristics
2 km
23.7

Kallichore /kəˈlɪkɒriː/, also known as Jupiter XLIV, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003. It received the temporary designation S/2003 J 11.[4][5]

Kallichore is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 23,112,000 km in 717.806 days, at an inclination of 165° to the ecliptic (164° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.2042.

It was named in March 2005 after the nymph Kallichore.[6]

Kallichore 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°.

  1. ^ cf. 'Callichorum' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ^ As 'Callichorean' in William Robertson (1895) "A Hymn of the Earth" (Victor Hugo), in A Century of French Verse, p. 42
  3. ^ S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, Carnegie Science, on line
  4. ^ IAUC 8089: Satellites of Jupiter 2003 March 7 (discovery)
  5. ^ MPEC 2003-E29: S/2003 J 9, 2003 J 10, 2003 J 11, 2003 J 12; S/2003 J 1, 2003 J 6 2003 April 3 (discovery and ephemeris)
  6. ^ IAUC 8502: Satellites of Jupiter 2005 March 30 (naming the moon)