The Galilean moons orbit the planet Jupiter.
Callisto is composed of rock and ice and is the least dense of the Galilean moons.
Jupiter is the planet that has four Galilean moons. These moons are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
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.
Callisto is a moon, and moons do not have moons of their own. The gravitational influence of the planet would overwhelm any tendency of a moon to acquire its own moons.
Collectively, they are known as the Galilean moons. Individually, they are Calypso, Ganymede, Io, and Europa.
The Galilean moons are the four largest moons of Jupiter, so called because they were discovered by Galileo Galilei.
Because they were discovered first by Galileo.
The Galilean moons orbit Jupiter.
The Galilean moons were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610.
No. It is a moon of Mars. The Galilean moons are moons of Jupiter.
No. There are four Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
They were discovered by Galileo.
Callisto is composed of rock and ice and is the least dense of the Galilean moons.
The smallest of the Galilean moons is Amalthea, which is one of Jupiter's moons. It is irregularly shaped and has a reddish color due to its surface composition.
Galilean
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.
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