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Kale is a small moon that orbits Jupiter, discovered in 2003. It matters to astronomers because studying Jupiter's moons helps us understand how planetary systems form and the history of our solar system.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- irregular moon
- Parent body
- Jupiter
- Diameter
- 2
- Mass
- 15
- Orbital period
- 729.47
- Image
- Kale-discovery-CFHT-annotated.gif
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- discoverer or inventor
- Jan Kleyna
- time of discovery or invention
- 2001-12-09
- provisional designation
- S/2001 J 8
- albedo
- 0.04
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.2011
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 23217000
- apparent magnitude
- 23.0
- orbital inclination
- 166.17658
- periapsis
- 17181000
- apoapsis
- 29253000
- density
- 2.6
- name
- Júpiter XXXVII
- Commons category
- Kale (moon)
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