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. 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 ² 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 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

Its targets include Callisto, Europa and Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system.

From Seattle Times

Ganymede and Callisto are both relatively inert, ice-rich and much farther from Jupiter than Io and Europa.

From Scientific American

Ganymede is not only the solar system’s largest moon — it surpasses Mercury — but has its own magnetic field with dazzling auroras at the poles.

From Washington Times

Ganymede is one of three jovian moons that may hold hidden oceans, all potential habitats for life.

From Science Magazine

The spacecraft, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or JUICE, will focus on studying several of the gas giant’s moons: oceanic Europa, massive Ganymede and quirky Callisto.

From New York Times