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The Galilean moons orbit the planet Jupiter.
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What is the least dense of the Galilean moons?
Callisto is composed of rock and ice and is the least dense of the Galilean moons.
Which planet has four galilean moons?
Jupiter
Which planet has the Galilean moons orbiting around it?
Jupiter. The "Galilean" moons are the four largest moons, which are so large that Galileo was able to see them orbiting Jupiter even with his relatively modest telescope.
Jupiter has approximately how many moons?
Jupiter has 79 moons and there are 4 major moons; The Galilean moons named after Galileo.
What Galilean Moon has the fastest revolution?
Io, the closest of the Galilean Moons has the fastest revolution with an orbital period on only 42.5 hours.
Where exactly is galilean moons located?
The Galilean moons are the four largest moons of Jupiter, so called because they were discovered by Galileo Galilei.
Is Deimos a Galilean moon?
No. It is a moon of Mars. The Galilean moons are moons of Jupiter.
Where are all the galilean moons in the solar system?
The Galilean moons orbit Jupiter.
Why are the galilean moons named the galilean moons?
Because they were discovered first by Galileo.
Who found the Galilean moons?
The Galilean moons were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
Are there five galilean moons?
No. There are four Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
Why are the Galilean moons named Galilean?
They were discovered by Galileo.
What is the least dense of the Galilean moons?
Callisto is composed of rock and ice and is the least dense of the Galilean moons.
Jupiter's four largest moons are known as its moons?
Galilean
How many planets have Galilean moons?
The Galilean moons are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, all of which orbit Jupiter. The term "Galilean" does not denote anything special about the moons other than that they were discovered by the astronomer Galileo Galilei.
What is the innermost of the Galilean moons?
Io
Which of the galilean moons is icy?
Europa
