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Moons of Jupiter
- Adrastea (moon)Adrastea, a small moon of Jupiter, was the first moon found in spacecraft photos. Voyager 2 caught it in 1979.
- Ganymede (moon)Hubble confirmed a hidden ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, by watching its auroras shift.
- Io (moon)Jupiter's moon Io has over 400 active volcanoes, more than any other object in the Solar System.
- Galilean moonsGalileo first mistook Jupiter's moons for fixed stars. By January 15, 1610, he knew they orbited the planet.
- Europa (moon)Europa, a moon of Jupiter, is the smoothest solid object known in the Solar System.
- Callisto (moon)Callisto, a moon of Jupiter, has the most heavily cratered surface in the Solar System. It has no volcanoes.
- Metis (moon)Metis, a small moon of Jupiter, survives where tides should tear it apart. Its rocky strength holds it together.
- Thebe (moon)Thebe, also known as Jupiter XIV, is the fourth moon outward from the giant planet Jupiter. On the 1st of May 2026, the Juno spacecraft photographed it from only 5,000 kilometres away. That sharp image is a long way from the moon's first…
- Moons of JupiterIn January 1610, Galileo aimed a telescope at Jupiter and saw four points of light moving night after night.
- Amalthea (moon)Amalthea was the last moon anyone found by looking through an eyepiece. An astronomer spotted it at Jupiter in 1892.