GALILEAN SATELLITE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

One of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo

Synonyms:

Galilean; Galilean satellite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("Galilean satellite" is a kind of...):

satellite (any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star)

Instance hyponyms:

Callisto (the second largest of Jupiter's satellites)

Europa (the 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water)

Ganymede (the largest of Jupiter's satellites)

Io (the closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes)