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Ganymede-Jupiter 3
Ganymede is the largest moon orbiting Jupiter but also is the largest moon of the solar system and has a equatorial diameter greater that the diameter of Mercury and just a little smaller than Mars.
Ganymede is the only moon in the solar system that is known to possess a magnetosphere.
Ganymede, like all four Galilean moons, is in a synchronous orbit with Jupiter. It's orbit is to the ecliptic and 0.20 degrees to Jupiter's equator.
(m5pr-planet-jupiter.ganymede) Jupiter′s Moon Ganymede
Photo Credit: Solar System scope
Facts about Ganymede-Jupiter 3
Discovered by: Galileo Galilei
Date of Discovered: 7 January 1620
Planet Orbital Position: Jupiter 3
Equatorial Diameter: 3270 miles
Axil Tilt (to orbit): .20 ° to Jupiter′s equator
Axil Tilt to ecliptic: 2.214 °
Rotation Period: 3.551 days
Orbit Period: 3.551 days
Surface Temperature: -276° F.
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