Saturn, Jupiter’s outer neighbour, currently has 83 known satellites. The four larger moons mentioned above, also known as the 'Galilean moons', account for 99.997 percent of the total mass of Jupiter ...

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Saturn's moons are much smaller than Jupiter's four large moons: Ganymede (the largest satellite in the Solar System), Callisto, Io and Europa, known collectively as the 'Galilean' moons after the ...

Sunrise: 6:56 A.M. Sunset: 9:17 P.M. Moonrise: 4:25 A.M. Moonset: 1:42 P.M. Today starts a run of events taking place around mighty Jupiter, as its Galilean moons show off while they dance in ...

On the fiery Io, the innermost and third-largest of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, Juno's observations have provided more insights about its incessant volcanic activity. It's a world home to ...