Callisto

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Apr 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002eaa..booke2147s&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2147. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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Callisto, the outermost of the Galilean satellites (see JUPITER: SATELLITES), is approximately 38% larger in diameter than Earth's Moon (Callisto's radius is 2410 km and the radius of the Moon is 1738 km). However, Callisto's lower mass, surface gravity and higher albedo reflect its ice-rock composition. Callisto's surface is thought to consist of a mixture of ice and dust or rocky materials. Cal...

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