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Callisto (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ s t oʊ / kə-LIST-oh), or Jupiter IV, is the second-largest moon of Jupiter, after Ganymede.In the Solar System it is the third-largest moon after Ganymede and Saturn's largest moon Titan, and nearly as large as the smallest planet Mercury.
Callisto is surrounded by an extremely thin atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide [49] and probably molecular oxygen. [50] Investigation revealed that Callisto may possibly have a subsurface ocean of liquid water at depths less than 300 kilometres. [51] The likely presence of an ocean within Callisto indicates that it can or could harbour life.
This is a list of named geological features on Callisto, a moon of Jupiter. This list is complete as of August 2022. Catenae ...
Io (1.9 nbar) and Callisto (26 pbar) have very thin atmospheres, but still enough to have collisions between atmospheric molecules. Other planetary-mass moons only have exospheres at most. [ 26 ] Exospheres have been detected around Earth's Moon, Europa, Ganymede, [ 26 ] Enceladus, [ 27 ] Dione, [ 28 ] and Rhea. [ 29 ]
To support an Earth-like atmosphere for about 4.6 billion years (Earth's current age), a moon with a Mars-like density is estimated to need at least 7% of Earth's mass. [20] One way to decrease loss from sputtering is for the moon to have a strong magnetic field of its own that can deflect stellar wind and radiation belts.
Nasa has issued an alert for a stadium-sized asteroid set to make a close approach to Earth on Tuesday.. The 2024 ON asteroid measures 290 metres (950 feet) across and will come within 1 million ...
Neptune has 16 known moons; the largest, Triton, accounts for more than 99.5 percent of all the mass orbiting the planet. Triton is large enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium, but, uniquely for a large moon, has a retrograde orbit, suggesting it was a dwarf planet that was captured.
It is the moon with the highest volcanic activity in the Solar System, as a result of the tidal forces from the planet and its oval orbit around it. Even so, the surface is still cold: -143 Cº. The atmosphere is 200 times lighter than Earth's atmosphere, the proximity of Jupiter gives a lot of radiation, and it is completely devoid of water.