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Infrared Astronomical Satellite
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Adrastea
Adrastea , in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter .... Read more |
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Amalthea
Amalthea , in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter .... Read more |
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Ananke
Ananke , in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter .... Read more |
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Ariel
Ariel , in astronomy, one of the moons, or natural satellites, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Belinda
Belinda in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Bianca
Bianca in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Caliban
Caliban in astronomy, one of the natural satellites, or moons, of Uranus .... Read more |
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Galilean satellites
Galilean satellites Four chief satellites of Jupiter: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, named after Galileo. |
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Jupiter
...Sun, and is the source of the planet's powerful radio emissions. Jupiter has 16 known satellites, the four major ones being the Galilean satellites. Knowledge of the planet owes much to visits by space probes: Pioneers 10 and 11, Voyagers... |
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space exploration
...1957, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into Earth orbit. Soviet cosmonauts, and...into Jupiter's atmosphere and provided detailed data on Galilean satellites; Clementine probe (1994), discovered what are thought... |
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Callisto
Callisto Second-largest and outermost of Jupiter's Galilean satellites, with a diameter of 4800km (3000mi). It is the most heavily cratered object known. As well as the dark dense craters, there... |
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Ganymede
Ganymede Largest of Jupiter's Galilean satellites, with a diameter of 5262km (3270mi). Its cratered terrain is covered with grooves suggesting recent geological activity. |
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Europa
Europa Smallest of Jupiter's Galilean satellites, with a diameter of 3138km (1950mi). Mainly rock, Europa's smooth water-ice crust is criss-crossed by a network of light... |
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Galilean satellites
Galilean satellites The four classical satellites Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto...radius 2638 km) is the largest satellite in the solar system, larger than...most heavily cratered surfaces of any satellite. |
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satellite
satellite A minor body orbiting a planet...general classes. (a) Regular satellites form miniature solar systems and include all the classical major satellites, e.g. the Galilean satellites. (b) Collisional shards are... |
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Callisto
...The second-largest satellite of Jupiter, and the outermost of the four Galilean satellites; also known as Jupiter...is the faintest of the Galilean satellites, because...activity seen on the other Galilean ... |
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ice
...forming the surfaces of the Galilean satellites Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. The satellites of the jovian planets are...above about 15–20 kb in satellite interiors. Other possible ices important in satellites (e.g. Titan) include... |
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occultation
...by asteroids or planetary satellites, which can provide improved...Sagittarii by Saturn's satellite Titan in 1989. The Galilean satellites of Jupiter are regularly...the planet. Jupiter's satellites may occult one another when... |
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Io
Io The third-largest satellite of Jupiter, diameter 3643 km, and the innermost of the four Galilean satellites; also known as Jupiter I. It orbits...by tidal forces, which deform the satellite as it moves closer and further away... |
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eclipse
...first contact to fourth contact; totality lasts up to 1 h 47 m. Planetary satellites are also eclipsed by the shadows of their primaries; those of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter are readily observable. |
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Europa
Europa (Jupiter II) The smallest of the Galilean satellites, and the smoothest object in the solar system, with...be of iron and sulphur beneath a rocky mantle. The satellite was discovered on 7 January 1610, by Galileo. Its... |
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Galileo Galilei
...which he outlined his early telescopic discoveries, including mountains on the Moon, the four satellites of Jupiter (known as the Galilean satellites), and the innumerable stars of the Milky Way. Also in 1610 he observed the phases of Venus... |
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Ganymede
Ganymede The largest satellite of Jupiter, and the largest in the Solar System, at 5265...same as its orbital period. Ganymede is the brightest of the Galilean satellites, reaching magnitude 4.6 at opposition. It has a surface... |
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The Galilean Satellites.
...collectively known as the Galilean satellites after Galileo Galilei...Laplace derived the satellite masses from their...inner to the outer satellites (Table 1). More...inference that the satellite compositions range...nebula at the time the ... |
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Galileo's first images of Jupiter and the Galilean satellites.(Galileo...
...surfaces of the Galilean satellites that were first...many close satellite encounters...microscopic state of satellite surfaces...nature of the Galilean satellites and gave new...colorful inner Galilean ... |
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Near-infrared spectroscopy and spectral mapping of Jupiter and the Galilean...
...atmosphere and the surfaces of the Galilean satellites. The NIMS instrument (1) has...several hundred kilometers for the Galilean satellites. A large number of...coverage of the planet and all four Galilean satellites (2). ... |
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JUPITER'S GALILEAN SATELLITES TOPIC OF LECTURE
...news release: Jupiter's Galilean satellites Io, Europa...semester, titled "Jupiter's Galilean Satellites." The lecture will be held...our knowledge about these satellites. Discoveries have been made...research involves Jovian ... |
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A primordial origin of the Laplace relation among the Galilean satellites....
...orbital resonances among the Galilean satellites of Jupiter have led to sustained...constrain the history of the satellites and their formation scenarios...tidal dissipation within the satellites, mostly in Io (1, 2). Io... |
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Galileo photopolarimeter-radiometer observations of Jupiter and the Galilean...
...Jupiter and (ii) provide information on satellite surface characteristics (1). Here...infrared radiometric properties of the satellites and Jupiter made during the first encounter...allow comparison with the other icy Galilean satellites, which have ... |
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Galileo explores the Galilean moons; tidal tugs sculpt Jovian...
...a fourth. Today, these four large satellites of Jupiter--the Galilean moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and...the largest of Jupiter's 14 known satellites, are being brought into sharper focus...the other two readjust, keeping the satellite locked in battle. ... |
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Satellites.
Satellites. JOSEPH A. BURNS and MILDRED...stars and to explore the larger satellites in our own planetary system. Satellites brings us nicely up-to-date...the moon; Jupiter's four Galilean satellites, Io, Europa, Ganymede... |
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Far-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectroscopy of Io's Atmosphere with...
...magnetic field and volcanism on Io, the closest of the Galilean satellites, combine to create dynamic physical features in the jovian...atmosphere and neutral clouds is vital for understanding the satellite's interaction with the plasma toms and the jovian magnetosphere... |
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Other Moons.(Jupiter's moons)
...Resources.) Tracking the Galilean satellites Students may recreate...Galileo's observations of the Galilean satellites through the use...the position of the four Galilean satellites (Figure 2...orbital periods for these ... |
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