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Carme group
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This diagram compares the orbital elements and relative sizes of the known members of the Carme group as of April 2026. The horizontal axis illustrates their average distance from Jupiter, the vertical axis their orbital inclination, and the circles their relative sizes. 107 irregular moons of Jupiter plotted by semi-major axis and inclination as of April 2026. The Carme group is shown as a tight cluster of red-colored points on the left.
The Carme group (or family or cluster), also referred to as the 165° inclination cluster, is a group of retrograde irregular satellites of Jupiter that follow similar orbits to Carme and are thought to have a common origin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carme group” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.