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Carpo

moon of Jupiter
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Summary

Carpo is a moon of Jupiter[1]. Carpo draws 311 Wikipedia views per month (moon of jupiter category, ranking #12 of 91).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Scott S. Sheppard[3], Brett J. Gladman[4], John J. Kavelaars[5], David Clifford Jewitt[6], Jan Kleyna[7]
  • Instance of: irregular moon[8]
  • Named after: Carpo[9]
  • Commons category: Carpo (moon)[10]
  • Parent astronomical body: Jupiter[11]
  • Provisional designation: S/2003 J 20[12]
  • Time of discovery or invention: February 9, 2003[13]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.4316[14]
  • Apparent magnitude: 23.0[15]
  • Orbital inclination: 51.4 degree[16]
  • Mass: 45 petagram[17]
  • Radius: 1.5 km[18]
  • Orbital period: 456.1 day[19]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 17,144,888 km[20]
  • Albedo: 0.04[21]

Why It Matters

Carpo has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Carpo is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

David Clifford Jewitt Scott S. Sheppard

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . NASA FACTS. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . NASA FACTS. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · ~2026-54707-92 · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+45'}
    Instance of → —
    Named after → Carpo
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+456.1'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: thesolarsystem:Carpo"
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