Callisto
second largest Galilean moon of Jupiter and third largest in the solar system
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Summary
Callisto is a moon of Jupiter[1]. Callisto ranks in the top 4% of moon of jupiter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,624 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Galileo Galilei[3]
- Instance of: regular moon[4]
- Named after: Callisto[5]
- Part of: Galilean moons[6]
- Has use: colonization of Callisto[7]
- Commons category: Callisto (moon)[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Jupiter[9]
- Has part(s): Atmosfera di Callisto[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 7, 1610[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Callisto (moon)[12]
- Commons gallery: Callisto[13]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.0074[14]
- Apparent magnitude: 5.65[15]
- Topic has template: Template:Callisto[16], Template:GeoTemplate/callisto[17]
- Orbital inclination: 2.017[18]
- Area: 73,000,000[19]
- Density: 1.8344[20]
- Mass: 107.566[21]
- Temperature: 80[22], 134[23], 165[24]
- Radius: 2410.3[25]
- Orbital period: 16.689[26]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 1,882,700[27]
- Volume as quantity: 59,000,000,000[28]
- Apoapsis: 1,897,000[29]
- Periapsis: 1,869,000[30]
Body
Influence
Things named for Callisto include Callisto Cliffs[31], a cliff[32].
Why It Matters
Callisto has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Callisto is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Callisto include Callisto Cliffs[31], a cliff[32].