It has 3 satellites!
Europa, Ganymede, and IO :)
Io
Io is not a planet. It is one of the larger natural satellites (or moons) of the planet Jupiter.
3 Planetary Satellites are; The Moon, Io, Titan. 3 Satellites of the Sun are; Earth, Mars, Jupiter.
Jupiter has 60 satellites but its largest ones are io europa callisto and ganymede
Jupiter. It's one of the Galilean satellites, discovered in 1609.
Io, Europa, Callista, Ganymede
yes.actually Jupiter has many moons. of these,io,europa,ganymede and callisto are the largest and the main ones.... They are also called the Gallilean satellites, after their discoverer.
Jupiter has 63 satellites/moons. But it has 4 large one known as: 1. Ganymede (largest in the Solar System) 2. Io (most geologically active body in the Solar System) 3. Europa (has ice and rocks on its surface) 4. Callisto (contains many craters)
Because it is the result of tidal heating from friction in the interior of IO as it's pulled between Jupiter and the other Galilean satellites.
Because it is the result of tidal heating from friction in the interior of IO as it's pulled between Jupiter and the other Galilean satellites.
The four satellites are Jupiter's largest moons. They were found by Galileo Galilei. They are Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io.