Ganymede

American  

[gan-uh-meed] / ˈgæn əˌmid /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. Also Ganymedes a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.

2. Astronomy. the largest moon of the planet Jupiter.

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Ganymede ¹ British  

/ ˈɡænɪˌmiːd /

noun

1. the brightest and largest of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter, and the largest in the solar system. Diameter: 5262 km; orbital radius: 1 070 000 km

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Ganymede ² British  

/ ˈɡænɪˌmiːd /

noun

1. classical myth a beautiful Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus to Olympus and made the cupbearer of the gods

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Ganymede Scientific  

/ găn′ə-mēd′ /

1. One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the seventh in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest satellite in the solar system.

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Example Sentences

By adding a grain transport component, the researchers could trace the journeys of icy particles and reconstruct the physical and chemical history of the material that formed Europa, Ganymede, Callisto and Io.

From Science Daily

My father told me the names: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and one more…He died later that summer.

From Literature

However, the other - Ganymede - is hoped to be in "pretty good condition" with "no sign of water breaching the vessel".

From BBC

Scientists have long theorized that Jupiter's four large moons -- Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto -- originated from a similar disk surrounding the young planet billions of years ago.

From Science Daily

That is why astrobiologists are increasingly turning their eyes toward icy bodies like the Jovian moons of Europa and Ganymede, Saturn’s moons Titan and Enceladus, Uranus' moon Miranda and the dwarf planet Ceres.

From Salon