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Bookmark or Share- Callisto - NASA ScienceCallisto is Jupiter’s second largest moon and the third largest moon in our solar system. Its surface is the most heavily cratered of any object in our solar system. Images of Callisto captured by passing spacecraft show bright white spots standing out against darker regions.
- Callisto (mythology) - WikipediaIn Greek mythology, Callisto ( / kəˈlɪstoʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλλιστώ Greek pronunciation: [kallistɔ̌ː]) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details. She was believed to be one of the followers of Artemis ( Diana for the Romans) who attracted Zeus. Many versions of Callisto's story survive.
- Callisto (moon) - WikipediaCallisto (/ 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 as large as the smallest planet Mercury, though only about a third as massive.
- Exploration | Callisto – NASA Solar System ExplorationGalileo buzzes Callisto. NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made 12 targeted encounters with Callisto from 1996 to 2001. It flew within 686 miles (1,104 km) of Callisto’s surface, the closest any spacecraft has ever come to Callisto. September 1997 and February 1999.
- Callisto: Facts About Jupiter's (Not So) Dead MoonCallisto is Jupiter's second-largest moon and the outermost of the Galilean satellites. It has an ancient, cratered surface, indicating that geological processes could be dead. However, it may...
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