io is the closest to jupiter of the four galilean moons.
of the four galilean moons which is the closest to jupiter?
io
bullet::::- kirkwood gap





















































section::::natural satellites of jupiter.





















































bullet::::- moons of jupiter





















































bullet::::- jupiter trojan





















































bullet::::- comet shoemaker–levy 9





















































section::::natural satellites of jupiter.:inner moons of jupiter.





















































bullet::::- metis





















































bullet::::- adrastea





















































bullet::::- amalthea





















































bullet::::- thebe





















































section::::natural satellites of jupiter.:galilean moons of jupiter.





















































bullet::::- galilean moons





















































section::::natural satellites of jupiter.:galilean moons of jupiter.:io.





















































io





















































bullet::::- volcanism on io





















































bullet::::- exploration of io





















































bullet::::- regions on io





















































bullet::::- volcanic features on io





















































bullet::::- mountains on io





















































bullet::::- quadrangles on io





















































section::::natural satellites of jupiter.:galilean moons of jupiter.:europa.





















































europa





















































bullet::::- geological features on europa





















































bullet::::- craters on europa





















































bullet::::- lineae on europa
outline of jupiter
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