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Callisto is composed of rock and ice and is the least dense of the Galilean moons.
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Where are the Galilean moons located?
The Galilean moons orbit the planet Jupiter.
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.
Do the densities of the Galilean moons increase with distance from Jupiter just as the densities of the planets increase with distance from the Sun?
To answer the question very literally: Yes. The Galilean satellites follow the same pattern of density versus increasing distance from Jupiter that the planets' density follows versus distance from the sun. The specific pattern is: No pattern at all. Earth ... 3rd from the sun ... is the most dense planet, while Saturn ... 6th planet from the sun ... is the least dense. So there is no "just as" to compare to.
Where are the Galilean moons located?
The Galilean moons orbit the planet Jupiter.
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.
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.
What are Jupiter's 4 most important moons?
The Galilean moons of Jupiter are (from most massive to least massive) Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
How does the density of the Galilean moons vary with increasing distance from Jupiter?
From what I have read, the closer one of the Galilean Moons is to Jupiter, the hotter is their interior (as a result of tidal heating due to Jupiter's gravity). The outer ones have more of an ice core. The inner ones less. When it melts, the water makes it way to the surface being less dense than the surrounding rock, and evaporates off, leaving the heavier rock forming most of the crust. Therefore the more dense the inner 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.
