Moons of Jupiter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jupiter has 63 confirmed moons, giving it the largest retinue of moons with "reasonably secure" orbits of any planet in the Solar System. The most massive of them, the four Galilean moons, were discov...
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Galilean moons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei on January 7, 1610. They are the largest of the many moons of Jupiter and derive their names from the lovers of Zeus: ...
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Jupiter's Satellites ... Jupiter has 63 known satellites (as of Feb 2004): the four large Galilean moons plus many more small ones some of which have not yet been named: ... Jupiter's satellites are named for other figures in the life of Zeus (mostly his numerous lovers).
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New satellites of Jupiter discovered in 2003; New Jupiter satellite S/2002 J1 (2002); Eleven new Jovian moons discovered (2002); Eleven new Jovian moons discovered (2000); Jovian moon "rediscovered" after 25 years; Jupiter's Known Satellites - Carnegie Institution, DTM;
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NSSDC Image Catalog ... All Jupiter Satellites and Rings Images ... Jupiter Images; Jupiter's Satellites Fact Sheet...
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The following image is a global mosaic using Voyager I and Voyager II data. It was processed at 4km/pix. An updated control network was established by USGS and RAND corp. Erroneous data has been removed ... It is a scaled down version for the purpose of placing it on the web (original scale image size: ... Latitude range: -90,
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Jupiter Satellites - Io ... We suspect that the discrepancy arises from regional topography west of the sub-Jupiter point, and have adjusted the positions of the Voyager 1 images (all acquired near the limb of Io) to match the best-fit geometry of Archinal et al. ... ; Jovian Satellites...
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University of Hawaii astronomers report their discovery of 11 satellites of Jupiter, all members of Jupiter's outer "irregular" satellite system. These observations double the number of such moons known to orbit the planet and are the largest number of satellites ever discovered at one time.
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The planet Jupiter's four largest moons are called the Galilean satellites, after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who observed them in 1610. The German astronomer Simon Marius claimed to have seen the moons around the same time, ... Family Portrait with 4 of Jupiter's satellites: Io, Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa.
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