Moons of Jupiter

There are 95 known moons of Jupiter, not counting a number of moonlets likely shed from the inner moons. All together, they form a satellite system which is called the Jovian system. The most massive of the moons are the four Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, 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. Much more recently, beginning in 1892, dozens of far smaller Jovian moons have been detected and have received the names of lovers (or other sexual partners) 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 76 known moons and the rings together composing just 0.003% of the total orbiting mass.
Of Jupiter's moons, eight are regular satellites with prograde and nearly circular orbits that are not greatly inclined with respect to Jupiter's equatorial plane. The Galilean satellites are nearly spherical in shape due to their planetary mass, and so would be considered at least dwarf planets if they were in direct orbit around the Sun. The other four regular satellites are much smaller and closer to Jupiter; these serve as sources of the dust that makes up Jupiter's rings. The remainder of Jupiter's moons are irregular satellites whose prograde and retrograde orbits are much farther from Jupiter and have high inclinations and eccentricities. These moons were probably captured by Jupiter from solar orbits.
==List==
This list is currently incomplete.
Moons of Jupiter
Orbital position	Label	Name 	Native Name	Government Name 	Pronunciation	Absolute magnitude	Diameter (km)	Mass ( * 1016 kg)	Semi-major axis (km)	Orbital period (d)	Inclination (°)	Eccentricity	Discovery year	Discovered by 	Group 	Population (most intellegent species)	Official languages	Calling code	SSG Alpha-3 code	Internet TLD
1 	XVI 	Metis 	Metis 	Republic of Metis 	/ˈmiːtəs/ 	10.5 	43 	3.6 	128,000 	0.2948 	0.060 	0.0002 	1979 	Synnott (Voyager 1)	Inner 	12,182,492 	Metidian 	6* 01 	MET 	.met
2 	XV 	Adrastea 	Adrasztea 	Kingdom of Adrastea 	/ædrəˈstiːə/ 	12.0 	16.4 	0.20 	129,000 	0.2983 	0.030 	0.0015 	1979 	Jewitt (Voyager 2) 	Inner 	16,271,283 	Adrastean 	6* 02 	ADR 	.adr
3 	V 	Amalthea 	Amalteás 	Kingdom of Amalthea 	/æməlˈθiːə/ 	7.1 	167 	208 	181,400 	0.4999 	0.374 	0.0032 	1892 	Barnard 	Inner 	58,123,574 	Amalthean 	6* 03 	AML 	.aml
4 	XIV 	Thebe 	Tebes 	Republic of Thebe 	/ˈθiːbiː/ 	9.0 	98.6 	43 	221,900 	0.6761 	1.076 	0.0175 	1979 	Synnott (Voyager 1)	Inner 	34,271,485 	Thebean 	6* 04 	THB 	.thb
5 	I 	Io 	Iónias 	Ionian Confederation 	/ˈaɪoʊ/ 	-1.7 	3643.2 	8,931,900 	421,800 	1.7627 	0.050 	0.0041 	1610 	Galileo 	Galilean	5,182,381,292 	Ionian 	6* 05 	IOX 	.iox
6 	II 	Europa 	Ewropa 	Republic of Europa 	/jʊəˈroʊpə/ 	-1.4 	3121.6 	4,799,800 	671,100 	3.5255 	0.470 	0.0090 	1610 	Galileo 	Galilean	6,001,362,453 	Europan 	6* 06 	EUR 	.eur
7 	III 	Ganymede 	Ганимед 	Ganymedian Federation	/ˈɡænəmiːd/ 	-2.1 	5268.2 	14,819,000 	1,070,400 	7.1556 	0.200 	0.0013 	1610 	Galileo 	Galilean	16,237,209,192 	Ganymedian 	6* 07 	GNM 	.gnm
8 	IV 	Callisto 	Калисуто 	Callistoan Federation	/kəˈlɪstoʊ/ 	-1.2 	4820.6 	10,759,000 	1,882,700 	16.690 	0.192 	0.0074 	1610 	Galileo 	Galilean	14,572,483,004 	Callistoan 	6* 08 	CLS 	.cls
9 	 	Themisto 	 	Republic of Themisto 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Themistoan 	6* 09 	 	
10 	 	Leda 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Ledan 	6* 10 	 	
11 	 	Ersa 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Ersan 	 	 	
12 	 	unnamed moon	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
13 	 	Himalia 	 	Himalian Empire 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Himalian 	 	 	
14 	 	Pandia 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Pandian 	 	 	
15 	 	Lysithea 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Lysithean 	 	 	
16 	 	Elara 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Elarian 	 	 	
17 	 	unnamed moon	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
18 	 	Dia 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Dian 	 	 	
19 	 	unnamed moon	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
20 	 	Carpo 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Carpoan 	 	 	
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