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Callisto (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ s t oʊ / kə-LIST-oh), or Jupiter IV, is the second-largest moon of Jupiter, after Ganymede. In the Solar System it is the third-largest moon after Ganymede and Saturn 's largest moon Titan , and nearly as large as the smallest planet Mercury .
Artemis (seated and wearing a radiate crown), the beautiful nymph Callisto (left), Eros and other nymphs. Antique fresco from Pompeii. In Greek mythology, Callisto (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ s t oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλλιστώ Greek pronunciation: [kallistɔ̌ː]) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details.
This is a list of named geological features on Callisto, a moon of Jupiter. This list is complete as of August 2022. Catenae ...
Callisto is composed of approximately equal amounts of rock and ices, which makes it the least dense of the Galilean moons. It is one of the most heavily cratered satellites in the Solar System, and one major feature is a basin around 3000 km wide called Valhalla .
The names Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto became popular in the mid-20th century, [47] whereas the rest of the moons remained unnamed and were usually numbered in Roman numerals V (5) to XII (12). [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Jupiter V was discovered in 1892 and given the name Amalthea by a popular though unofficial convention, a name first used by French ...
This is a list of named craters on Callisto, one of the many moons of Jupiter, the most heavily cratered natural satellite in the Solar System (for other features, see list of geological features on Callisto). [1]
Arcas was the son of Zeus and Callisto. [1] In other accounts, his birth mother was called Megisto, daughter of Ceteus, son of Lycaon, [2] or else Themisto, daughter of Inachus. [3] Arcas was married to either Laodamia , daughter of Amyclas of Sparta; Meganeira, daughter of Crocon; [4] the nymph Chrysopeleia; or the Dryad Erato.
Valhalla is the largest multi-ring basin on Callisto and in the Solar System (with diameter up to 3,800 km). [4] It was discovered by the Voyager probes in 1979–80 and is located on the leading hemisphere of Callisto, in its Jupiter facing quadrant slightly to the north of the equator (at about 18°N latitude and 57°W longitude).