Callisto
(Jupiter IV)
(well-known Jupiter moon)
Callisto (Jupiter IV) is Jupiter's second largest moon
and the second outward from Jupiter of the original four moons
found centuries ago (Galilean Moons), but the fourth according to current
knowledge. Its radius is 2410 km (0.4 Earth's, 1.4 Moon's),
its mass is
1.0×1023 kg (0.018 Earth's, 1.35 Moon's),
with a mean density a little less than twice that of water
(considerably less than the Earth or Moon)
and subsurface oceans are suspected.
Callisto's orbital period is 17 days and it is tidally locked.
Flyby observations of Callisto have been made by
the Pioneer missions, Voyager, Galileo, Cassini,
and New Horizons.
(moon,Jupiter)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callisto_(moon)
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/callisto/overview/
Redshift | Parsecs /Distance | Lightyears /Lookback Years | | |
~0 | 4.2AU | ~0ly | nearest | Callisto |
~0 | 6.2AU | ~0ly | furthest | Callisto |
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Referenced by pages:
Jupiter
magnetic field
moon
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