Jupiter's Moons and Its Great Red Spot Reveal More Surprises!

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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