Callisto
Jupiter's cratered moon
Callisto is the second-largest moon of Jupiter and the third-largest moon in the solar system, notable for its heavily cratered surface.
In Greek mythology, Callisto was a nymph and hunting companion of Artemis whom Zeus seduced; she was transformed into a bear and eventually placed among the stars as the constellation Ursa Major.
Nature spirit or larva
- ArcadiaGreek region or paradise
- ZeusGreek sky god
- HeraOlympian marriage deity
- ArtemisGreek hunting goddess
huntress · transformation · bear · Ursa Major · constellation · punishment · Greek · myth
Largest solar system planet
- GalileanOf a Renaissance astronomer
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- EuropaGalilean moon with subsurface ocean
- GanymedeJupiter's largest natural satellite
Io · orbit · cratered · ice · subsurface · ocean · Valhalla · Asgard
Marked with bowl-shaped hollows
- ancientVery old indeed
- iceWater's solid form
- rockSolid earthen material
- ValhallaHall for fallen warriors
Asgard · basin · palimpsest · regolith · dark · undifferentiated · primordial · scarred
nymph
Nature spirit or larva
Artemis · huntress · transformation · bear · Ursa Major · constellation · punishment · Greek · myth · seduction
Jupiter
Largest solar system planet
- GalileanOf a Renaissance astronomer
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- EuropaGalilean moon with subsurface ocean
Ganymede · Io · orbit · cratered · ice · subsurface · ocean · Valhalla · Asgard · regolith
cratered
Marked with bowl-shaped hollows
Valhalla · Asgard · basin · palimpsest · regolith · dark · undifferentiated · primordial · scarred · bombardment
Europa
Galilean moon with subsurface ocean
- GanymedeJupiter's largest natural satellite
- IoJupiter's volcanic satellite
- MetisCunning goddess, Athena's mother
Elara · irregular · prograde · retrograde · captured · moonlet
- solar systemsun, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn
- space objectsgalaxy, star cluster, nebula, planet, quasar
- MoonsLuna, Titan, Europa, Ganymede, Io
- Space NamesMars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune
- Transformation TalesBeauty and the Beast, The Frog Prince, Swan Lake, Pinocchio, werewolf story
- JupiterIo, Europa, Ganymede, Great Red Spot, moons