| Proper Name | Herse | | Designation | Jupiter L | | Primary Planet | Jupiter | | Family / Class | Carme Group | | Orbital Period | 1 year, 350 days, 3.5 hours (retrograde) | | Distance from Jupiter | Semi-Major Axis: 23,408,000 km
Periapsis: 17,839,000 km
Apoapsis: 28,977,000 km | | Eccentricity | 0.2379 | | Rotation Period | Not known | | Mean Diameter | 2 km
1.2 miles | | Notes | This tiny moon of Jupiter belongs to a related group of small moons orbiting around the fringes of the Jovian system. Herse and its fellow moons likely broke away from Carme, by far the largest of the group, due to an impact in the distant past. |
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