UNIVERSE
METEORITES
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Question
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Kuiper Belt
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Kepler
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Terrestrial Planets
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Galilean Moons
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Detailed explanation-1: -The four largest-Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto-were discovered by Galileo in 1610 and are known as the Galilean Satellites. The other, smaller moons have their orbits either between Jupiter and Io, or outside the orbit of Callisto.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Galilean Moons The German astronomer Simon Marius claimed to have seen the moons around the same time, but he did not publish his observations and so Galileo is given the credit for their discovery. These large moons, named Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are each distinctive worlds.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jupiter’s four largest moons were the first moons discovered beyond Earth. They are called the Galilean satellites after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, who first observed them in 1610.