Callisto

[kuh-lis-toh]

noun

1. Classical Mythology.,  Also Kallisto a nymph attendant on Artemis, punished for a love affair with Zeus by being changed into a bear and then transformed into stars as the constellation Ursa Major.

2. Astronomy.,  a large natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.

Callisto

¹

/ kəˈlɪstəʊ /

noun

1. Greek myth a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major

Callisto

²

/ kəˈlɪstəʊ /

noun

1. the second largest (but faintest) of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter, discovered in 1610 by Galileo. Approximate diameter: 4800 km; orbital radius: 1 883 000 km See also Galilean satellite

Callisto

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

Example Sentences

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.

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Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the innermost of Jupiter's Galilean moons, which in addition to Io include Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.

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Those moons are Callisto, Europa and Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system.

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

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

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