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

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

Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet, appeared with its moons Io, Ganymede and Callisto in a nearly straight line.

From Washington Times

Those include Europa and Ganymede, two moons of Jupiter, and Titan and Enceladus, two moons of Saturn.

From New York Times

The dominant atmospheric component of Callisto, Europa and Ganymede is molecular oxygen, which explains their newly discovered green and red auroral tints.

From New York Times

“The original plan was one mission focused on Ganymede and another mission focused on Europa,” she says.

From Scientific American