Jupiter now has the most moons of any planet in our solar ...

Ganymede. Ganymede is Jupiter's largest moon, and the largest moon in our solar system. It's even bigger than Mercury, and Pluto.

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Jupiter's moons form a satellite system called the Jovian system. The most massive of the moons are the four Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

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Jupiter has four large moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – with diameters of more than 3000 kilometres. However, as of April 2023, we know it is also ...

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Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and has, as of 2023, 95 known moons. The four largest moons of Jupiter—Io, Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa— ...

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Modern astronomer Scott S. Sheppard has discovered the most moons of Jupiter, including nine. Galileo Galilei spotted the first Jupiter moons in 1610 with a new ...

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Four of Jupiter's moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto — known as the Galilean moons — were the first celestial objects to be discovered ...

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Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, is larger than Mercury while the other three are larger than Pluto. Outward from Jupiter: Io.

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Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are collectively the Galilean moons. Their name comes from the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei.

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This illustration shows the positions of Jupiter's four Galilean satellites — Io, Europa, Ganymede,and Callisto — in orbit about the planet for any date and ...

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