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Tag Archives: Callisto
Callisto, The Ugly Duckling
When it comes to Jupiter’s Galilean moons, Callisto is the odd one out. Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System, Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System, Europa has incredible, potentially life-bearing subsurface liquid oceans, and Callisto… looks as dead as Mercury. It does not take part in the […] Continue reading
Facts About Callisto
Callisto is one of Jupiter’s moons, and it is one of the four Galilean moons. Compared to Earth’s Moon, Callisto’s diameter is about 1.4 times that of the Moon and 1.5 times in mass. The distance between its parent planet, Jupiter, and Callisto is about 5 times the distance between Earth and our Moon. From … Continue reading Facts About Callisto → Continue reading
Callisto
Callisto is one of the largest Galilean Moons which were discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei. Callisto is the second-largest moon of Jupiter and the third-largest in the whole Solar System. The moon is composed of approximately equal amounts of ice and rock, having the lowest density and surface gravity of Jupiter‘s major moons. Also, […]
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Callisto
Callisto is one of the largest Galilean Moons which were discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei. Callisto is the second-largest moon of Jupiter and the third-largest in the whole Solar System. The moon is composed of approximately equal amounts of ice and rock, having the lowest density and surface gravity of Jupiter‘s major moons. Also, […] Continue reading
Life on Jupiter’s Moons?
We might not have to look beyond our solar system to find other life. 
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Jupiter’s Galilean Moons
Discovered by Galileo in 1610, Jupiter’s four largest moons are some of the most interesting worlds in our Solar System. “Volcanic Io”: Jupiter’s inner-most moon, Io, is the fourth largest moon in the solar system. It is also the most volcanically-active object in the Solar System, with over 400 active volcanoes. Large mountains cover its […]
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The Galilean Moons
When I went out observing on the 24th Avenue Parking Garage the other night, every astronomical object that I saw through the telescope amazed me, but Jupiter especially captured my attention. I had never viewed Jupiter through a telescope before, and on this beautiful and mostly clear night, I was able to clearly see not […]
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The Galilean Moons
The Galilean moons of Jupiter are in order of distance Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They are the four largest and most prominent of the 67 moons orbiting Jupiter, these four moons are some of the largest moons in the solar system–Callisto and Ganymede are even larger than Mercury, while Io and Europa are smaller […]
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The Galilean Moons of Jupiter
With the constant discovery of more and more objects in space, it is difficult to keep track of the planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and exosolar planets that we already know and love. Therefore I am using this blog as an … Continue reading →
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Galileo’s Moons
To me, moons are fascinating. Many planets in our solar system have them, with the majority belonging to the gas giants in the outer solar system. For me, the most interesting of all the moons is not Earth’s, but rather the Galilean ones, so named because Galileo Galilei was the first to discover them orbiting […]
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