[DOC] [TLE] Galilean moons - Wikipedia [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] Galilean moons - Wikipedia [PAR] From top to bottom: Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto. 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 first group of objects found to orbit another planet. [DOC] [TLE] The Galilean Moons of Jupiter [PAR] Jupiter's 4 largest moons exhibit some of the most interesting geology in the solar 
system. They were discovered by Galileo Galilei and are known as the Galilean 
moons. ... the first close-up images of Io more than 300 years after the moon's 
discovery. ... What we saw instead was a surface almost entirely covered with 
large... [DOC] [TLE] The Discovery of the Galilean Satellites - Views of the Solar System [PAR] Galileo first observed the moons of Jupiter on January 7, 1610 through a ... 
thought he saw three stars near Jupiter, strung out in a line through the planet. ... 
After a week, Galileo had observed that the four stars never left the vicinity of 
Jupiter ... were near the planet; and although I believed them to belong to a 
number of the... [DOC] [TLE] The Galileo Project | Science | Satellites of Jupiter [PAR] Of these, four are comparable to the Earth's Moon in size; the rest are orders of ... 
in 1610 and its magnification thus brought these four "Galilean" satellites within 
his grasp. ... On 7 January 1610 he observed the planet and saw what he thought 
were ... He wanted to name them after his patrons and asked whether they would
... [DOC] [TLE] Jupiter - Moons | Planets - NASA Solar System Exploration [PAR] There are many interesting moons orbiting the planet, but the ones of most scientific interest are the first four moons discovered beyond Earth - the Galilean satellites. The planet Jupiter's four largest moons are called the Galilean satellites after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who first observed them in 1610. [DOC] [TLE] Jupiter's Moons: Facts About the Largest Jovian Moons - Space.com [PAR] Jul 5, 2012 ... The four moons are, from left to right: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. ... four 
large moons known as the Galilean satellites  Jupiter almost ... Galileo made 
these sketches after discovering four moons orbiting Jupiter in January 1610. ... 
Galileo Galilei discovered four of Jupiter's moons  now called Io,... [DOC] [TLE] JUPITER'S FOUR MOONS - souledout.org monad [PAR] These four largest and brightest moons of Jupiter, first discovered by Galileo 
Galilei in 1610, are known as the Galilean satellites. ... In fact, Ganymede with a 
diameter of 3,100 miles, is larger than the planet Mercury. ... Between April and 
December of 2009, observers around the world saw Jupiter's moons passing one 
in... [DOC] [TLE] The Planet Jupiter - astro-observer.com [PAR] The planet Jupiter's four largest moons are called the Galilean satellites, after 
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who observed them in 1610. The German... [DOC] [TLE] Jupiter's Moons - astro-observer.com [PAR] When Galileo first saw these satellites of Jupiter, he realized that not everything 
in the Universe ... The planet Jupiter's four largest moons are called the Galilean 
satellites, after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who observed them in 1610. [DOC] [TLE] Jumpin' Jupiter! by anna darling on Prezi [PAR] ... Galileo discovered Jupiter on Jan. 7 .1610 after he observed the planet ... the 
top four largest moons are called the Galilean Satellites after Galileo, who 
observed them in 1610. These four Moons are called Io, ... distance from the sun?
- 778,330. Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is 318 times larger than 
Earth [DOC] [TLE] Galilean moons - Revolvy [PAR] The Galilean moons are the four largest moons of Jupiter  Io , Europa ... around 
January 1610 and were the first group of objects found to orbit another planet. ... 
Galileo initially called his discovery the Cosmica Sidera ("Cosimo's stars"), ... time 
as Galileo: he named them at the suggestion of Johannes Kepler after lovers of... [DOC] [TLE] Jupiter, Jupiter Information, Facts, News,

Question: The 4 largest moons of this planet are called Galilean satellites after Galileo, who saw them in 1610
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