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Jupiters Moons Exploration Dates

By Lemon11

  • Callisto

    Callisto
    – The Callisto Moon is a moon of Jupiter. It was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei. It is the third-largest moon in the Solar System. Callisto has about 99% the diameter of the planet Mercury, but only about a third of it’s total mass. Did you know that Jupiter appears to stand still in Callisto's sky?

  • Ganymede

    Ganymede
    – Ganymede is a satellite of Jupiter and is the largest moon in the solar system. Completing an orbit is roughly 7 days.. Ganymede is composed of approximately equal amounts of silicate rock and water ice. It was discovered in 1610, January 7th by Galileo Galilei.

  • Europa moon

    Europa moon
    The Europa Moon on the Planet Jupiter was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius around the same time. Europa is the 6th closest moon to Jupiter. Europa is about the same size as our moon, only a tiny but smaller.

  • Lo Moon

    Lo Moon
    The Io moon is the fourth largest moon in our solar system. The colouring of this particular planet is yellow\white\light green. It has a diameter of 3,642 km. With over 400 volcanoes, Io is one of the most active object in the Solar System. It was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei.

  • Amalthea

    Amalthea
    – Amalthea is the third moon of Jupiter in order of distance from the planet. It was discovered on September 9, 1892, by Edward Emerson Barnard. It is also known as Jupiter V. Amalthea is the largest of the inner satellites of Jupiter. Irregularly shaped and reddish in color, it is thought to consist water ice with unknown amounts of other materials. Its surface features include large craters and high mountains.

  • Metis

    Metis
    Metis was discovered by S. Synnott, March 4, 1979. It’s also known as Jupiter XVI.

  • Thebe

    Thebe
    Thebe is the fourth of Jupiter's moons by distance from the planet. It was discovered by Stephen P. Synnott, March 5, 1979, while making its flyby of Jupiter. It is irregularly shaped and reddish in colour, and is thought like Amalthea to consist water ice with unknown amounts of other materials. Its surface features include large craters and high mountains

  • Adrastea

    Adrastea
    – Adrastea, also known as Jupiter XV, is the smallest of the four inner moons of Jupiter. It was discovered by David C. Jewitt and G. Edward Danielson, July 8, 1979. It was officially named after the mythological Adrasteia, foster mother of Greek god Zeus.