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- not man-made. Such objects are often called moons. The term is normally used ... The large gas giants have extensive systems of natural satellites ...19 KB (2,634 words) - 22:00, 30 June 2025
- moons. He compiled tables of the moons of Jupiter, which were used to ... the same time. The position of the moons of Jupiter can serve as just such ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 14:07, 22 May 2024
- The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei. They are the largest of the many moons of Jupiter and have been ...25 KB (3,695 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. When an eclipse occurs ... the timings of eclipses involving the moons of Jupiter have been used to calculate ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- Rømer conducted observations of the moons of Jupiter. Unexplained but regular ... on the times of the eclipses of the moons of Jupiter, in essence using the ...15 KB (2,439 words) - 15:41, 17 August 2025
- ::Note: For the Roman god Jupiter please click here. : Jupiter is the ... In 1610, Galileo Galilei discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter ...32 KB (4,986 words) - 15:37, 28 February 2025
- known as a Jovian planet, after the planet Jupiter), the second-largest planet ... it as a miniature Solar System, with objects of various sizes orbiting it. ...26 KB (3,935 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- chemical compositions which differ from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter ... (astronomical). The first symbol derives from the name of its discoverer ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 13:36, 3 May 2023
- the Latin term ex- periri, meaning "of (or from) trying") is ... Observation of the appearance of the moons of Jupiter were slightly delayed ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- largest by mass. It is 17 times the mass of Earth and slightly more massive ... ) is a stylized version of Poseidon's Trident. Neptune's ...30 KB (4,399 words) - 23:31, 30 June 2025
- IAU 2006 General Assembly: Result of the IAU Resolution votes.] ... Working Group on Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) of the International Astronomical ...37 KB (5,407 words) - 12:38, 7 March 2026
- of the [[natural satellite|moons]] of Jupiter. This observation upset ... * The Galilean moons of Jupiter * Galileo Regio on Ganymede ...28 KB (4,352 words) - 16:24, 17 March 2025
- In geology, the term crust is used for the outermost solid shell of ... Earth has the best characterized and perhaps the most complex crust ...13 KB (1,961 words) - 23:42, 5 May 2022
- Most asteroids are believed to be remnants of the protoplanetary disc or ... Hundreds of thousands of asteroids have been discovered within the ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 05:10, 18 August 2023
- Brown dwarfs are celestial objects ranging in mass between that of ... Early theories concerning the nature of the lowest mass stars and ...26 KB (3,884 words) - 04:37, 22 November 2023
- is the home stellar system for human beings and all known forms of ... (including Pluto) with their four known moons, and billions of small bodies ...60 KB (9,448 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2023
- Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of rock tends to form mountains ... ice volcanoes), particularly on some moons of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune; ...32 KB (4,841 words) - 20:59, 3 May 2023
- antiquary, and a successful organizer of scientific inquiry. Peiresc’s ... Peiresc’s interests covered every aspect of scholarship and science ...16 KB (2,441 words) - 00:38, 1 July 2025
- discovered. Approximately one-fifth the mass of the Earth's Moon, Pluto ... because they are closer in size than any of the other known celestial pair ...42 KB (6,097 words) - 12:55, 7 March 2026
- An aurora is a natural display of glowing light in the night sky, ... combines the name Aurora, the Roman goddess of the dawn, with the word Boreas ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
