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  1. Jun 13, 2024 · They have lots of moons. Jupiter, for instance, has 95 known moons! The most well-known of Jupiter's moons are Io (pronounced eye-oh), Europa, and Callisto. Jupiter also has the biggest moon in our solar system, Ganymede. These moons are so big you can see them with just a pair of binoculars. Saturn. As of June 8, 2023, Saturn has ...

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  2. Jun 29, 2024 · The first gas giant, Jupiter, has a whopping 95 moons, including four major moons — Callisto, Europa, Io and Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system.

  3. Jun 13, 2024 · Some nights, the Moon might look like a narrow crescent. Other nights, the Moon might look like a bright circle. And on other nights, you might not be able to see the Moon at all. The different shapes of the Moon that we see at different times of the month are called the Moon’s phases.

  4. Jun 13, 2024 · A full moon occurs when the side of the Moon facing Earth is fully lit up by the Sun. There are a few different types of unusual full moon types, which include blood moons, supermoons, blue moons, and harvest moons, and others.

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    1 day ago · The four largest moons are Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa (in order of decreasing size), collectively known as the "Galilean moons", and are visible from Earth with binoculars on a clear night. [202]

  6. Jun 26, 2024 · The four moons nearest the planet orbit within the ring system, where at least some of them may interact gravitationally with the ring particles, keeping them from spreading out. Prior to Voyager 2’s encounter, Neptune’s only known moons were Triton, discovered visually through a telescope in 1846, and Nereid, discovered in ...

  7. Jun 29, 2024 · Artwork of Jupiter and its largest four (Galilean) moons. From left to right the bodies are Io, Callisto, Jupiter (with the shadow of Io cast upon it), Ganymede and Europa.

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