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Callisto
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Callisto

Second largest Galilean moon of Jupiter and third largest in the solar system

Moonmoon of Jupiterregular moonQ3134

Also known as Jupiter IV

Orbits
Mass
Radius
  • 2,410.3 km
Orbital period
  • 16.689 days
Semi-major axis
  • 1,882,700 km
Discovered by
Discovered

Overview

All data

66 statements · 21% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Named after
Albedo
  • 0.22
Eccentricity
  • 0.0074
Apparent magnitude
  • 5.65 astronomical filter: V band
Name
Inclination
  • 2.017 degree
Periapsis
  • 1,869,000 km
Apoapsis
  • 1,897,000 km
Surface gravity
  • 1.235 centimetre per square second
Area
  • 73M km²
Volume as quantity
  • 59B cubic kilometre
Temperature
Density
  • 1.8344 g/cm³
Members / parts
Named by
Part of
Has use
Diameter
  • 4,821 km

On other databases

30 identifiers linking Callisto across the web's reference databases