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King of the moons

December 22, 2021

Ganymede can be described as the king of the moons. This is because it is the largest of the moons in the Solar System. What’s more, it’s larger than the smallest planet, Mercury. But since it does not orbit the sun, it does not have the glory of a planet. Ganymede, Jupiter’s seventh moon, is…

Water vapor on Jupiter’s moon

November 4, 2021

Water vapor around Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. This amazing phenomenon was discovered by the Hubble Telescope. Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System. The Hubble Space Telescope has found evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere around Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. It has been found that vapor is formed as the ice sheets change from…