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  2. Moons of Jupiter - Wikipedia

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    A montage of Jupiter and its four largest moons (distance and sizes not to scale) There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits as of 5 February 2024. [1] [note 1] This number does not include a number of meter-sized moonlets thought to be shed from the inner moons, nor hundreds of possible kilometer-sized outer irregular moons that were only briefly captured by telescopes. [4]

  3. List of natural satellites - Wikipedia

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    Jupiter has 95 moons with known orbits; 72 of them have received permanent designations, and 57 have been named. Its eight regular moons are grouped into the planet-sized Galilean moons and the far smaller Amalthea group. They were named after lovers of Zeus, the Greek equivalent of Jupiter.

  4. Galilean moons - Wikipedia

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    Europa (Jupiter II), the second of the four Galilean moons, is the second closest to Jupiter and the smallest at 3121.6 kilometers in diameter, which is slightly smaller than Earth's Moon. The name comes from a mythical Phoenician noblewoman, Europa , who was courted by Zeus and became the queen of Crete , though the name did not become widely ...

  5. Jupiter has almost 100 moons, new discovery finds - AOL

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    Jupiter has surpassed Saturn with the record for the planet with the most moons in our solar system. The gas giant has a total of 92 confirmed moons, according to new observations by astronomers.

  6. Category:Moons of Jupiter - Wikipedia

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    Surface features of Jupiter's moons (5 C, 4 P) T. Thebe (moon) (2 P) Pages in category "Moons of Jupiter" The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total.

  7. Astronomers Find New Mysterious Moons in Our Solar System ...

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    Because it is the closest Galilean moon to Jupiter and passes through the planet’s magnetic field, Io can also generate a serious electric current—around 3 million amperes. ... 95. Laomedeia ...

  8. Here's Your Chance to Name 5 Jupiter Moons! (No Moon ... - AOL

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    Two of the new moons orbit in the same direction as the planet rotates, which requires a name that ends in -a; the other three travel in the opposite direction and will be given names that end in ...

  9. Europa (moon) - Wikipedia

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    Europa / j ʊ ˈ r oʊ p ə / ⓘ, or Jupiter II, is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet of all the 95 known moons of Jupiter. It is also the sixth-largest moon in the Solar System .