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Io, Europa, and Ganymede, the three largest moons of Jupiter, have synchronized rotation periods due to a phenomenon known as orbital resonance. Io takes about 1.8 days to complete one rotation, while Europa and Ganymede have rotation periods of about 3.5 days and 7.2 days, respectively. Despite their differing rotation periods, they are locked in a 1:2:4 resonance, meaning that for every one orbit Io makes, Europa completes half an orbit, and Ganymede completes a quarter. This gravitational interaction keeps their rotation periods closely linked.

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