Kallichore (moon)

Kallichore or Jupiter XLIV, is a moon of Jupiter. It was found by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2003. It got the designation S/2003 J 11.^[1]^[2]

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), with an orbital eccentricity of 0.2042.

It was named in March 2005 after the nymph Kallichore.^[3]

Kallichore belongs to the Carme 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 8089: Satellites of Jupiter 2003 March 7 (discovery)
↑ 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)
↑ IAUC 8502: Satellites of Jupiter 2005 March 30 (naming the moon)

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[1] IAUC 8089: Satellites of Jupiter 2003 March 7 (discovery)

[2] 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)

[3] IAUC 8502: Satellites of Jupiter 2005 March 30 (naming the moon)

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