The Galilean moons (/ˌɡælɪˈleɪ.ən/), or Galilean satellites, are the four largest moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They are the most...

equivalent Zeus. The Galilean moons are by far the largest and most massive objects to orbit Jupiter, with the remaining 91 known moons and the rings together...

discovery of moons of Saturn, a naming system based on that of Kepler and Marius was used for Jupiter's moons. Ganymede is the only Galilean moon of Jupiter...

largest moons of Jupiter (now known as the Galilean moons) using a telescope. This is thought to be the first telescopic observation of moons other than...

than the Moon orbiting Earth. It is the outermost of the four large Galilean moons of Jupiter, which were discovered in 1610 with one of the first telescopes...

second-smallest of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter. Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the fourth-largest moon in the Solar System, has...

four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet of all the 95 known moons of Jupiter. It is also the sixth-largest moon in the...

and Callisto will complete a comparative picture of these Galilean moons. The three moons are thought to harbour internal liquid water oceans, and so...

It is also the fifth-largest moon of Jupiter, after the four Galilean moons. Edward Emerson Barnard discovered the moon on 9 September 1892 and named...

humans in others. The moons of Jupiter have also been featured in a large number of stories, especially the four Galilean moons—Io, Europa, Ganymede,...

planet The Moon, Earth's natural satellite Moons of Mars Moons of Jupiter Moons of Saturn Moons of Uranus Moons of Neptune Minor-planet moon Moons of Pluto...

Pisa. Ultimately, his effort at naming the moons failed, for they are now referred to as the "Galilean moons". The reactions to Sidereus Nuncius, ranging...

The Moons of Jupiter may refer to: Moons of Jupiter, the natural satellites of the planet Jupiter Galilean moons, the four largest moons and first discovered...

system, with 95 known moons (including the large Galilean moons) and the largest overall, the Saturnian System, with 146 known moons (including Titan and...

the Jovian system, making close approaches to all of the four large Galilean moons and finding evidence for thin atmospheres on three of them, as well...

earliest published discovery of a moon other than Earth's was by Galileo Galilei, who discovered the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610. Over the...

Titan was the first known moon of Saturn and the sixth known planetary satellite (after Earth's moon and the four Galilean moons of Jupiter). Titan orbits...

moons discovered, regardless of size. From 2015, some small moons have not received names. Every human language has its own word for the Earth's Moon...

satellite (called the perijove in the case of moons of Jupiter) would be in the immediate vicinity of the Galilean moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto). The...

uses in photography and terrestrial viewing. Singlets The Galilean moons and many other moons of the solar system, were discovered with single-element...

These seven are Earth's Moon, the four Galilean moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto), and the largest moons of Saturn (Titan) and of...

but also extends the time at which it is likely to occur. Jupiter's Galilean moons experience strong tidal dissipation and mutual interactions due to their...

fictional story of the first crewed mission to Europa, one of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter. Despite a disastrous technical failure that causes the loss...

associated with the other Galilean moons. Due to their ability to support large internal volumes of liquid water, regular moons of the outer Solar System...

life. Some icy moons exhibit cryovolcanism, as well as geysers. The best studied example is Saturn's Enceladus. Most known large icy moons belong to giant...

System: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Four of Jupiter's moons (the Galilean moons) are readily visible from Earth with a hobby telescope. Messier...

correspond to the Galilean moons Io, Europa and Ganymede. They develop because the co-rotation of the plasma interacts with the moons and is slowed in...

celestial objects like the classical planets were found, starting with the Galilean moons in 1610. Today the term planet is used considerably differently, with...

hundreds of possible kilometer-sized distant moons that have been observed on single occasions. Seven Saturnian moons are large enough to have collapsed into...

modern Italian natural philosopher Galilean moons, the four largest moons of Jupiter, discovered by Galileo Galilean telescope, early refracting telescope...