At approximately 421,700 km (262,000 miles), the orbit radius of Io is slightly larger than that of the Moon. However, the distance between the surface of Io and the upper clouds of Jupiter is less than between the surfaces of Earth and the Moon, because of the much larger planetary radius of Jupiter.
No, Jupiter's moons do not have phases like Earth's moon. Phases are caused by the changing positions of the sun, Earth, and moon, but Jupiter's moons have no light of their own and do not reflect sunlight in the same way.
Mars has 2 moons, Jupiter has 79 moons, Saturn has 82 moons, Earth has 1 moon, Uranus has 27 moons, and Neptune has 14 moons.
Ptolemy claimed everything must go around the Earth, but the moons of Jupiter obviously are not going around the Earth.
Not our (the Earth's) moon but Jupiter has lots of its own moons that orbit it.
Jupiter has four moons that orbit it. the names of these moons are IO (eye-oh) Callisto, Europa and Ganymede.Time taken for the moons to orbit Jupiter:IO- 1.7 Earth yearsCallisto- 16.7 Earth yearsEuropa- 3.5 Earth yearsGanymede- 7.1 Earth years
No planets are similar but there is a moon. Titan, one of Jupiter's moons, is very similar to Earth.
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Mercury is the planet with fewer moons than Jupiter. Mercury does not have any moons, while Jupiter has at least 79 known moons.
No, Jupiter's moons do not have phases like Earth's moon. Phases are caused by the changing positions of the sun, Earth, and moon, but Jupiter's moons have no light of their own and do not reflect sunlight in the same way.
Mars has 2 moons, Jupiter has 79 moons, Saturn has 82 moons, Earth has 1 moon, Uranus has 27 moons, and Neptune has 14 moons.
Callisto is the 2nd largest and 8th closest of Jupiter's known moons, with an orbit about 1.8 million km from Jupiter. It was discovered by Galileo in 1610 and is the most distant from Jupiter of the 4 large Galilean moons. Jupiter's large moons orbit rapidly compared to Earth's Moon. Callisto circles Jupiter every 16.7 Earth days.
Ptolemy claimed everything must go around the Earth, but the moons of Jupiter obviously are not going around the Earth.
Not our (the Earth's) moon but Jupiter has lots of its own moons that orbit it.
Jupiter has four moons that orbit it. the names of these moons are IO (eye-oh) Callisto, Europa and Ganymede.Time taken for the moons to orbit Jupiter:IO- 1.7 Earth yearsCallisto- 16.7 Earth yearsEuropa- 3.5 Earth yearsGanymede- 7.1 Earth years
Only that they are planets with some of the biggest moons. Earth is solid, Jupiter is gaseous. Earth has no ring, but Jupiter has one that can barely be seen! Earth has one big moon (If a moon the same size orbits Jupiter, that moon is a great moon), while Jupiter has a ton of moons! Also, 1000 Earths can fit into a Jupiter.
The planet with the most moons is JUPITER as it has 62 moons and then SATURN with 33 moons.
Hi Jupiter is the 5th and the biggest planet in the solar system. The planet Jupiter has 63 moons. The 4 main known and the big moons of Jupiter are Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. Ganymede is the biggest moon of Jupiter and is bigger than that of the Earth.