It appears in several books and in the TV show “Cowboy Bebop,” Callisto has been terraformed and is home to mostly men.In the 1930s, writer Harl Vincent had Earth and Callisto at war in his novel “Callisto at War.”Isaac Asimov’s 1940 novel "The Callistan Menace” depicts Callisto as having an atmosphere of carbon dioxide and oxygen with lakes and vegetation. A 3D model of Callisto, a moon of Jupiter. If an ocean is present, it’s possible the ocean is interacting with rock on Callisto, creating a potential habitat for life.Callisto is a moon of Jupiter with a heavily cratered surface of ice and rock.Callisto is 2.6 times smaller than Earth, and it’s about 289 times smaller than our Sun.Callisto orbits about 1.2 million miles (1.9 million kilometers) from Jupiter, and Jupiter orbits about 484 million miles (778 million kilometers) from our Sun.A day on Callisto is about 17 Earth days, the same amount of time it takes Callisto to orbit Jupiter once.NASA's Galileo spacecraft detected a thin carbon dioxide atmosphere, or exosphere, on Callisto. NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth.
It’s almost as big as Mercury.
According to some writers, Zeus transformed himself into the figure of Artemis to lure Callisto and rape her. He likes being in the front line, with only his shield standing between him and the enemy. NASA's Lunar Flashlight, a briefcase-sized satellite, or CubeSat, will detect surface ice believed to be at the bottom of craters on the Moon that have never been exposed to sunlight. Scientists think the bright areas are mostly ice and the darker patches are areas where the ice has eroded.Once thought to be a dead, inactive rocky body, data gathered by the Galileo spacecraft in the 1990s indicate Callisto may have a salty ocean beneath its icy surface. Technicians recently finished applying more than 180 blocks of ablative material to the heat shield for the Orion spacecraft. The second to last piece of hardware for the Artemis I test flight around the Moon has arrived at Kennedy Space Center. The surface is about 4 billion years old and it’s been pummeled, likely by comets and asteroids.
Callisto is named for a woman turned into a bear by Zeus in Greek mythology. Callisto is Jupiter’s second largest moon and the third largest moon in our solar system. Before NASA’s mighty Space Launch System (SLS) rocket can blast off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center to send the Orion spacecraft into lunar orbit, teams across the country conduct extensive tests. Callisto is tidally locked, so the same side always faces Jupiter. Recently discovered object 2019 LD2, originally believed to be the first cometary “Jupiter Trojan” asteroid, turned out to be an interloper comet masquerading as a member of the Trojan population. Psyche, the NASA mission to explore a metal-rock asteroid of the same name, recently passed a crucial milestone. The Voyager imaging team asked for the photo to show Earth’s vulnerability — to illustrate how small, fragile and irreplaceable it is on a cosmic scale. More recent research reveals that this ocean may be located deeper beneath the surface than previously thought, or may not exist at all. Callisto’s interior may have layers of ice mixed with rock and metal, possibly extending to its center.Scientists think Callisto and Jupiter’s other satellites formed in the disk of materials left over from Jupiter’s formation.Callisto’s rocky, icy surface is the oldest and most heavily cratered in our solar system.
Data gathered by the Galileo spacecraft indicate Callisto may have a subsurface ocean and scientists estimate it may be 155 miles (250 kilometers) below the surface. NASA's next giant leap may be aided by tiny lunar robots that would help scout the lunar surface. It’s almost as big as Mercury. There also will be a partial penumbral eclipse of the Moon. Whether you're doing it for the nerd cred or the pie, this week on #10Things, we've got all the ways you can celebrate #PiDay with NASA. Fun — and even educational — NASA activities to do at home.
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Infrared images from NASA's Juno spacecraft are providing the first glimpse of Ganymede's icy north pole. 3 Farther From the Sun Than Earth Callisto orbits about 1.2 million miles (1.9 million kilometers) from Jupiter, and Jupiter orbits about 484 million miles (778 million kilometers) from our Sun. Callisto, in Greek mythology, a nymph, or else a daughter of either Lycaon of Arcadia or of Nycteus or Ceteus. This site is maintained by the Planetary Science Communications team at As the colony grows and residents seek to maintain their space and independence, they settle in the different rings, creating separate colonies in each one.The moon is also featured in several other books including:Pioneer 10 was first through the asteroid belt and first to Jupiter.With a few materials and a few steps, you can build your own glasses to view 3D images. The next full Moon will be early Sunday morning, July 5, 2020.
Callisto is approximately the size of the planet Mercury, making it the third largest moon in the Solar System, after Ganymede and Titan.
Callisto orbits about 1,170,000 Callisto orbits about 1,170,000 miles (1,883,000 kilometers) from Jupiter and it takes about 17 (16.689) Earth days for Callisto to complete one orbit of Jupiter. Scientists are using modern image processing techniques to create new views of Europa's surface. Callisto was one of the goddess Artemis’ huntress companions and swore to remain unwed.