What is Herse (moon)?
'''Herse''' is a [[Satellite (natural)|moon]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. It was found by a team of astronomers led by [[Brett J. Gladman]], ''et al.'' in 2003 <ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08100/08116.html IAUC 8116: ''Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn''] 2003 April 11 (discovery)</ref><ref>[http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K03/K03G19.html MPEC 2003-G19: ''S/2003 J 17''] 2003 April 3 (discovery and ephemeris)</ref> and called '''{{nowrap|S/2003 J 17}}''' until 2009. Herse is about 2 kilometres in diameter and orbits Jupiter at an average distance of 22,134,000&nbsp;kms in 672.716 days, at an [[inclination]] of 162° to the [[ecliptic]] (161° to Jupiter's equator), with an [[orbital eccentricity]] of 0.2379. It is the closest member of the [[Carme group]], made up of non-spherical retrograde moons orbiting Jupiter at a distance ranging between 23,000,000 and 24,000,000&nbsp;kms, at an inclination of about 165°. == References == {{reflist}} {{Moons of Jupiter}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Jupiter's moons]]