Kale
| Kale (XXXVII, S/2001 J8) | |
 Animation av Kale från tre bilder tagna år 2001 av Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope | |
| Upptäckt | |
|---|---|
| Upptäckare | Scott S. Sheppard David C. Jewitt Jan Kleyna[1] |
| Beteckningar | |
| Alternativnamn | S/2001 J 8 |
| Uppkallad efter | Kale |
| Omloppsbana | |
| Excentricitet | 0,2599 |
| Siderisk omloppstid | 729,47 d |
| Inklination | 164,996 |
| Måne till | Jupiter |
| Fysikaliska data | |
| Dimensioner | 2 km |
| Ekvatorradie | 23 217 000 |
| Albedo | 0,04 |
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Kale (XXXVII, S/2001 J8) är en av Jupiters månar. Den upptäcktes den 9 december 2001 av en grupp astronomer vid University of Hawaii.[1] Kale är cirka 2 kilometer i diameter och roterar kring Jupiter på ett avstånd av cirka 23 217 000 kilometer.
Referenser
- ^ [a b] ”Kale” (på engelska). In depth; by the numbers. NASA Science. 5 december 2017. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/kale/in-depth/. Läst 14 augusti 2019.
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Författare/Upphovsman: David Jewitt/Scott Sheppard/Canadian Astronomy Data Centre, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
Animation of three discovery images of Jupiter's irregular moon Kale (S/2001 J 8), taken by David Jewitt and Scott Sheppard using the 3.6-meter Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) on 9 December 2001. Each image was taken approximately 35-90 minutes apart, showing the moon's motion relative to the background stars and galaxies. The apparent magnitude of Kale is 23.5. The raw image datasets used are 615036p, 615043p, and 615058p. For comparison, the star field in these images can be viewed at the CDS's Aladin star atlas.
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North is to the top of this composite picture in which these satellites have all been scaled to a common factor of 10 kilometers (6 miles) per picture element.
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