1610, Galileo Galilei gazed up through his telescope 12 more moons locked in slow rotation with the largest This data visualization displays every currently As of 2018, five IN of the moons are in the direction of Jupiter. In that moment he likely planet in our solar system. These newly found satellites known moon of Jupiter, each featuring the year of considered lost became the first person to see a moon other than our own, form part of a diverse family, many of which share little discovery, discoverer and a representation of scale. It’s thought that several of the Moons discovered as of 2018 The Voyager probes, launched larger moons could feature as light that had left the vicinity of the gas giant around commonality other than their gravitational anchor. Their Additionally, on the right are some additional in 1977, discovered three of subsurface oceans, leading to half an hour earlier crashed into his pupils and revealed orbital shapes range from near perfect circles to highly insights about the moons. Finally, while all Jupiter’s large inner moons some exciting possibilities One of the newly discovered Ganymede, A German astronomer called The number of about the existence of life there! four dotted silhouettes. These Galilean moons, one of eccentric and inclined. Their scales vary hugely, from the information is correct as of 2018, scientists are moons has an odd prograde Jupiter’s largest Simon Marius independently moons that are orbit which sees its path cross moon, is actually discovered the four Galilean which is even larger than the planet Mercury, became the size of planets to just a kilometer across. Some may have finding new wonders in our solar system every day; so prograde several other retrograde moons. 8% larger than the moons at the same time as opening entries into a collection that is still increasing been asteroids captured by Jupiter's powerful gravitational who knows how many new Jovian moons are out there The number of This means a collision is very planet Mercury, The most moons Galileo. While he didn’t receive The approx. % of the total mass likely, although scientists making it the 9th have been found the title of discoverer, he is today. In fact in 2018, 407 years after the Italian polymath pull, while others were likely a by-product of the very right now, held in endless revolutions, just waiting moons that are retrograde in orbit around Jupiter that comes predict it could take another largest object in by a team led by responsible for their names, made his discovery, scientists confirmed the existence of formation of the planet itself. for eyes to meet them for the first time? from the four Galilean moons billion years to actually happen our solar system Scott Sheppard which are still used today 2001 2002 Reading the data visualization 2003 2003 All data from Wikipedia. KALYKE PASITHEE S . 2002 KALLICHORE h l S/2003 J 5 2003 * Unconfirmed member of Representing each moon Regular satellites Orbital direction e a S p p e t S . h l . a r d S . h l a h l the group e a e p t e a p t p a r d e p t 0 1 2003 Discovery year Amalthea group Prograde KALE p a r d e p a r d e S/2003 J 9 20 3 S/2017 J 6 is a fringe member S . 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