number and name of satellites around jupiter
Europa is one of Jupiter's icy satellites (moons)
3 Planetary Satellites are; The Moon, Io, Titan. 3 Satellites of the Sun are; Earth, Mars, Jupiter.
there are no natural satellites of mercury.
Jupiter has 67 satellites surrounding it, the four "main moons" you are probably referring to are called Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
Objects that are in orbit around planets are commonly called satellites
jupiter is named after the roman god of all things as jupiter is the biggest of the planets
The word Moon is a name given to the natural satellite in orbit around the Earth. We attribute this name to most objects large enough to see in orbit around other planets. In this way Moons and Natural Satellites are one in the same. Artifical Satellites are what we put into orbit around the earth IE GPS Satellites, but are man made.
Satellites
Name all the Satellites
The one currently in operation around Jupiter is called Juno.
The word Moon is a name given to the natural satellite in orbit around the Earth. We attribute this name to most objects large enough to see in orbit around other planets. In this way Moons and Natural Satellites are one in the same. Artifical Satellites are what we put into orbit around the earth IE GPS Satellites, but are man made.
When you observe the motion of a satellite you can infer the mass of the planet via Kepler's laws.