number and name of satellites around jupiter
3 Planetary Satellites are; The Moon, Io, Titan. 3 Satellites of the Sun are; Earth, Mars, Jupiter.
Europa is one of Jupiter's icy satellites (moons)
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
The Earth has one natural satellite, the Moon. The gas giants in our solar system have multiple natural satellites, with Jupiter having the most, including Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Saturn's natural satellites include Titan, Enceladus, and Mimas. Uranus and Neptune also have a few natural satellites each.
jupiter is named after the roman god of all things as jupiter is the biggest of the planets
Satellites
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.
The one currently in operation around Jupiter is called Juno.
There are thousands of satellites in orbit around Earth, each serving different purposes such as communication, weather forecasting, and Earth observation. Some well-known satellites include the Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, GPS satellites, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
There are no known satellites of Mercury.
Jupiter is the Roman equivalent to Zeus. Jupiter is the Roman God of Gods.