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  2. Moons of Jupiter - Wikipedia

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    A montage of Jupiter and its four largest moons (distance and sizes not to scale) There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits as of 5 February 2024. [1] [note 1] This number does not include a number of meter-sized moonlets thought to be shed from the inner moons, nor hundreds of possible kilometer-sized outer irregular moons that were only briefly captured by telescopes. [4]

  3. Galilean moons - Wikipedia

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    From top to bottom: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto. The Galilean moons (/ ˌɡælɪˈleɪ.ən /), [1] or Galilean satellites, are the four largest moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They are the most readily visible Solar System objects after Saturn, the dimmest of the classical planets; though their closeness to bright ...

  4. Jupiter - Wikipedia

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    Its diameter is eleven times that of Earth, and a tenth that of the Sun. Jupiter orbits the Sun at a distance of 5.20 AU (778.5 Gm), with an orbital period of 11.86 years. It is the third brightest natural object in the Earth's night sky, after the Moon and Venus, and has been observed since prehistoric times.

  5. Solar eclipses on Jupiter - Wikipedia

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    Solar eclipses on Jupiter. A picture of Jupiter and its moon Io taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The black spot is Io's shadow. Jupiter and the Great Red Spot (visible on the lower right), with Ganymede (immediately on the upper right) casting its shadow on Jupiter. The other moons are Europa (further right), Io (first on left), and ...

  6. Great conjunction - Wikipedia

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    The moons Io, Ganymede, Europa, and Titan are visible. A great conjunction is a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, when the two planets appear closest together in the sky. Great conjunctions occur approximately every 20 years when Jupiter "overtakes" Saturn in its orbit.

  7. Amalthea (moon) - Wikipedia

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    Apparent magnitude. 14.1 [9] Amalthea / æməlˈθiːə / is a moon of Jupiter. It has the third-closest orbit around Jupiter among known moons and was the fifth moon of Jupiter to be discovered, so it is also known as Jupiter V. It is also the fifth-largest moon of Jupiter, after the four Galilean moons. Edward Emerson Barnard discovered the ...

  8. Autonoe (moon) - Wikipedia

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    Autonoe (moon) Autonoe / ɔːˈtɒnoʊ.iː /, also known as Jupiter XXVIII, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. Autonoe was discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2001, and given the temporary designation S/2001 J 1. [5][1][6] Autonoe is about 4 kilometres in diameter, and orbits Jupiter at ...

  9. NASA set to launch mission to Jupiter's moon Europa in search ...

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    NASA releases stunning new photos of Jupiter. Marking the latest foray into space exploration, NASA is preparing to launch its first mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa, to determine if it ...