Kallichore (moon)

Kallichore
Discovery
Discovered by	Scott S. Sheppard et al.
Discovery date	2003
Designations
Designation	Jupiter XLIV
Pronunciation	/kəˈlɪkɒriː/
Named after	Καλλιχόρη Kallichorē
Alternative names	S/2003 J 11
Adjectives	Kallichorean /ˌkælɪkəˈriːən/
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	24043000 km
Eccentricity	0.264
Orbital period (sidereal)	−764.7 days
Mean anomaly	319.4°
Inclination	165.5°
Longitude of ascending node	41.5°
Argument of perihelion	18.5°
Satellite of	Jupiter
Group	Carme group
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	2 km
Apparent magnitude	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°.

References

^ cf. 'Callichorum' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
^ As 'Callichorean' in William Robertson (1895) "A Hymn of the Earth" (Victor Hugo), in A Century of French Verse, p. 42
^ S.S. Sheppard (2019), Moons of Jupiter, Carnegie Science, on line
^ 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)

[1] . '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)

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v t e Moons of Jupiter
Listed in increasing approximate distance from Jupiter
Inner moons	Metis Adrastea Amalthea Thebe
Galilean moons	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
Themisto	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	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
Pasiphae group (18)	Philophrosyne Eurydome Jupiter LVI S/2003 J 4 S/2016 J 4 Jupiter LXVII Hegemone Pasiphae Sponde Megaclite Cyllene Sinope Jupiter LIX Aoede Autonoe Callirrhoe S/2003 J 23 Kore
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