jupiter has 79 galilean moons in its orbit.
jupiter has 79 galilean moons in its orbit.
how many galilean moons does jupiter have in its orbit?
79
there are 79 known moons of jupiter. this gives jupiter the largest number of known moons with reasonably stable orbits of any planet in the solar system, if one doesn't count the moonlets within saturn's rings. the most massive of the moons are the four galilean moons, which were independently discovered in 1610 by galileo galilei and simon marius and were the first objects found to orbit a body that was neither earth nor the sun. from the end of the 19th century, dozens of much smaller jovian moons have been discovered and have received the names of lovers or daughters of the roman god jupiter or his greek equivalent zeus. the galilean moons are by far the largest and most massive objects to orbit jupiter, with the remaining 75 known moons and the rings together comprising just 0.003% of the total orbiting mass.
moons of jupiter
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bullet::::- lineae on europa
outline of jupiter