10+ 4 Large Moons Of Jupiter Background. The galilean moons (or galilean satellites) /ɡælɪˈliːən/ are the four largest moons of jupiter—io, europa, ganymede, and callisto. These moons are known as the galilean moons.
The first four moons listed, the galilean moons, are visible in binoculars.
The jovian system of jupiter contains several smaller, irregular moons including adrastea, amalthea, thebe, leda, himalia, lysithea, elara, ananke, carme, pasiphae, and sinope. Io is the closest moon to jupiter and, at 2,263 miles across, is the second smallest of the galilean satellites. They contain almost 99.999% of the total mass in orbit around jupiter, and orbit between 400,000 and 2,000,000 km from the planet. Jupiter's moon ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system.
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