Galileo’s Legacy: How the Discovery of Jupiter’s Moons 415 Years Ago Shaped Modern Astronomy
Galileo Galilei's telescopic discovery of Jupiter's four moons in 1610 revolutionized astronomy and supported heliocentric ...
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In Photos: See The Jaw-Dropping New NASA Images Of Jupiter And Io Moon
It's tugged in all directions during its orbit by the gravity of Jupiter and the three other Galilean moons (Europa, Ganymede and Callisto). The friction builds up heat inside Io and causes ...
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Galilean Suite: Listen To The Major New Classical Work Dedicated To Jupiter’s Moons
Dave Dexter, composer of The Galilean Suite, four tone poems about the largest moons of Jupiter—Io, ... [+] Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. It's fair to say that of all the moons, it’s Io—the ...
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Jupiter, ascending: See our solar system’s biggest planet at its brightest all year
such as Jupiter’s four largest moons — Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa. The four "Galilean moons" were named after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who is thought to have discovered them ...