Ganymede

[gan-uh-meed]

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.

Ganymede

¹

/ ˈɡænɪˌmiːd /

noun

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

Ganymede

²

/ 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

Ganymede

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.

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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He views the beautiful boy as the mythical Ganymede, Zeus’ Trojan boy-lover.

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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.

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On Sept. 3, 2034, Europa Clipper will intentionally slam into Jupiter’s rocky moon Ganymede, ensuring the spacecraft doesn’t accidentally strike one of the planet’s more scientifically interesting moons.

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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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