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Callisto comparison table |
Subject | has orbital rotation period | is a kind of | has temperature | is an instance of | has diameter | has synonym | has albedo | has definition | has density | has orbital parameter |
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Galilean satellite | natural satellite | The largest satellites of Jupiter - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. All are locked in synchronous rotation with Jupiter. | ||||||||
Callisto | 16.7 days | 156 K | Galilean satellite | 5050 km | J IV | 0.15 | A Galilean satellite of Jupiter. It has the lowest density, lowest albedo, and highest temperature of any of the four main satellites of Jupiter. | 1.7 g cm-3 | e = 0.0075; i = 0°.3 |
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