jupiter has 79 moons in its orbit in total.
how many moons does jupiter have in its orbit in total?
79
there are 79 known moons of jupiter. this gives jupiter the largest number of known moons with reasonably stable orbits of any planet in the solar system, if one doesn't count the moonlets within saturn's rings. the most massive of the moons are the four galilean moons, which were independently discovered in 1610 by galileo galilei and simon marius and were the first objects found to orbit a body that was neither earth nor the sun. from the end of the 19th century, dozens of much smaller jovian moons have been discovered and have received the names of lovers or daughters of the roman god jupiter or his greek equivalent zeus. the galilean moons are by far the largest and most massive objects to orbit jupiter, with the remaining 75 known moons and the rings together comprising just 0.003% of the total orbiting mass.
moons of jupiter
in 2016, the "juno" spacecraft imaged the galilean moons from above their orbital plane as it approached jupiter orbit insertion, creating a time-lapse movie of their motion.









































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bullet::::- jupiter's moons in fiction









































bullet::::- galilean moons









































bullet::::- jupiter trojan









































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bullet::::- jupiter's known satellites









































bullet::::- the jupiter satellite and moon page









































bullet::::- simulation showing the position of jupiter's moons









































bullet::::- animated tour of jupiter's moons, university of south wales









































bullet::::- jupiter:moons by nasa's solar system exploration









































bullet::::- archive of jupiter system articles in planetary science research discoveries









































bullet::::- an animation of the jovian system of moons
moons of jupiter