[DOC] [TLE] moons of Jupiter - Wikipedia [PAR] The Galilean moons are the four largest moons of JupiterIo, Europa, 
Ganymede, and Callisto. They were discovered by Galileo Galilei around 
January 1610 and were the ... Galileo asked whether he should name the moons 
the "Cosmian Stars", after ... These moons are, in increasing order of distance 
from Jupiter:... [DOC] [TLE] Jupiter's Moon Io: Solar System's Most Volcanically Active Body ... [PAR] Feb 21, 2014 ... Io, the third largest moon of Jupiter, is the most volcanically active body in our 
solar system. ... Galileo discovered Io and the other three Galilean moons over 
two days in January 1610. He didn't name them after himself; that came later. ... 
after the rich and powerful Medici family, who supported his work. [DOC] [TLE] IMA Hero: Galileo Galilei HH [PAR] Galileo was a hero -- read about his life, the times in which he lived, and... ... by 
powerful families. Pisa was located in the Tuscany region and controlled by the 
Medici family. ... As you know, Galileo discovered four of the moons of Jupiter. ... 
Today, these moons are named after Galileo and are known as the Galilean 
moons. [DOC] [TLE] Europa's Crust Conceals a Most Earthlike Feature  Phenomena ... [PAR] Sep 8, 2014 ... One of them  Jupiter's moon Europa  harbors a rather Earthlike feature, ... After 
several months, Galileo concluded that he was not, in fact, seeing stars. ... of 
Galileo Galilei's journal detailing his discovery of four moons orbiting Jupiter. ... 
called them the Medicean planets, after the powerful Medici family,... [DOC] [TLE] Brief History of the Astronomical Telescope I: Galileo Galilei and the ... [PAR] May 25, 2011 ... With his astronomical telescope Galileo discovered that the shadows on the ... 
first telescope, had discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter, and named them the 
Medicean stars in honor of his Florentine patrons, the Medici Family. ... Almost a 
century, after his death when he was at least partially absolved,... [DOC] [TLE] Mythology in Space: A Reunion 400 Years in the Making | Latin ... [PAR] Jul 20, 2016 ... This book featured the four names we use today, names that Galileo ... These 
four names belonged to a few of Jupiter's mythological ... Juno duly discovers 
them, even though Jupiter then transformed ... Following these names, it became 
a pattern that the moons found orbiting Jupiter would be named after... [DOC] [TLE] Callisto: Facts About Jupiter's (Not So) Dead Moon - Space.com [PAR] Jun 11, 2016 ... For two centuries Jupiter's moons were (as a group) named after the Medicis, a 
powerful Italian political family, according to NASA. Individually... [DOC] [TLE] Stargazing with Galileo - Sky & Telescope [PAR] Jul 31, 2008 ... When Galileo Galilei first turned a telescope to the heavens four ... filed a patent 
application for an invention he called a kijker (looker). ... Showing that Jupiter 
and its system of moons orbit the Sun together ... He used this opportunity to curry 
favor with the rich and powerful Medici family, dedicating the... [DOC] [TLE] The moons of Jupiter - Phys.org [PAR] Sep 15, 2015 ... In 1610, he made the first recorded discovery of moons orbiting Jupiter, ... name 
to Medicea Sidera ("the Medician stars"), honouring the Medici family. ... At the 
behest of Johannes Kepler, he named the moons after the lovers ... were 
prescribed by Simon Marius soon after Galileo discovered them in 1610. [DOC] [TLE] Jupiter's Moons - University of Antarctica [PAR] The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei. 
... Ganymede, Europa and Io participate in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance. ... and his 
student's powerful family, used the discovery of Jupiter's moons to gain it. ... have 
discovered the moons at the same time as Galileo: he named them after lovers of
... [DOC] [TLE] Galileo and when moon became a classification - Name the Moon [PAR] Feb 25, 2016 ... In 1610 he spotted four large objects orbiting Jupiter

Question: When Galileo found 4 of these orbiting Jupiter, he named them after the powerful Medici family
Answer: moons