| Proper Name | Kale | | Designation | Jupiter XXXVII | | Primary Planet | Jupiter | | Family / Class | Carme Group | | Orbital Period | 2 years, 6 days (retrograde) | | Distance from Jupiter | Semi-Major Axis: 23,306,000 km (0.16 AU)
Periapsis: 17,253,000 km (0.12 AU)
Apoapsis: 29,359,000 km (0.20 AU)
| | Eccentricity | 0.2597 | | Rotation Period | Not known | | Mean Diameter | 2 km
1.2 miles | | Notes | Kale is a tiny moon of Jupiter, estimated to be just two kilometres in diameter. It belongs to the Carme Group, a collection of approximately a dozen outer moons that follow highly inclined retrograde orbits around the giant planet. The moons of this group are thought to be fractured remnants from the capture of a larger object by Jupiter's gravity, of which the 47-kilometre Carme is the largest of the surviving fragments. |
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