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Ganymede

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GANYMEDE

DISCOVERED BY GALILEO GALILEI

ON JANUARY 7, 1610

EXPLORATION

  • Never landed on
  • Fly by
  • Voyager 1 & 2 1979
  • Galileo 1996
  • Subsurface ocean

ANOMALIES

  • Magnetic field

COLOR

  • Dirty iceball
  • Ice & rock
  • Dark/ rough
  • Light/ grooved

NAME ORIGIN

  • Greek
  • Cupbearer
Photo by thisisbossi

GRAVITATIONAL PULL

  • 1.28 m/s^2
  • Earth 9.80665 m/s^2
  • Moon 1.624 m/s^2

SIZE

  • Largest moon
  • 1.4819x10^23 kg
  • 5.9722x10^24 kg

REVOLUTIONARY CYCLE

  • 7.1546 Earth days
  • 7.155 Earth days (171)

RADIUS OF ORBIT

  • 5.2 au (483, 370, 198)
  • 12
  • 8
  • 1, 070, 400 km