Kale (moon)

Kale (pron-en|ˈkeɪli "KAY-lee," or as in Greek "Καλη)," also known as nowrap|Jupiter XXXVII, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered in 2001 by astronomers at the University of Hawaii, and was originally designated as nowrap|S/2001 J 8. [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/07900/07900.html IAUC 7900: "Satellites of Jupiter"] 2002 May 16 (discovery)] [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K02/K02J54.html MPEC 2002-J54: "Eleven New Satellites of Jupiter"] 2002 May 15 (discovery and ephemeris)]

Kale is about 2 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 22,409 Mm in 685.324 days, at an inclination of 165° to the ecliptic (166° to Jupiter's equator), in a retrograde direction and with an eccentricity of 0.2011.

It was named in August 2003 [ [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08177.html IAUC 8177: "Satellites of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus"] 2003 August 8 (naming the moon)] after one of the Charites (Greek Χάριτες, Latin "Gratiae", "Graces"), daughters of Zeus (Jupiter). Kale is the spouse of Hephaestus according to some authors (although most have Aphrodite play that role).

It 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°.

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