What is the biggest moon in our solar sytem?
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look around jupter
It;s called Ganymede.
When I was growing up, everyone thought it was Saturn's 'Titan'. Recently they discovered that its atmosphere was decieving us and that it is actually a little smaller than Jupiter's 'Ganymede'
sorry i forgot
Ganymede (moon) IPA: /ˈgænəmid/; Greek Γανυμήδης) is Jupiter's largest moon, and indeed the largest moon in the entire solar system; it is larger in diameter than Mercury but only about half its mass. Ganymede is much larger than Pluto. Ganymede is the only planetary satellite (besides the Moon) that can be seen by the naked eye - but only with very good eyesight during ideal seeing conditions. It might have been first seen by Chinese astronomer Gan De in 364 BC. Discovery of the moon is generally credited to Galileo Galilei who documented its existence in 1610. The name "Ganymede" was soon after suggested by Simon Marius, for the cup-bearer of the Greek gods, beloved of Zeus (see Ganymede (mythology)). This name and the names of the other Galilean satellites fell into disfavor for a considerable time, and were not revived in common use until the mid-20th century. In much of the earlier astronomical literature, it is simply referred to by its Roman numeral designation as Jupiter III or as the "third satellite of Jupiter". Ganymede is the only Galilean moon of Jupiter named after a male figure.
Ganymede is composed of silicate rock and water ice, with an ice crust floating over a warmer ice mantle that may contain a layer of liquid water. Indications from the Galileo orbiter data suggest that Ganymede is differentiated into a three layer structure: a small partially molten iron or iron/sulfur core surrounded by a rocky silicate mantle with an icy shell on top. This metallic core suggests a greater degree of heating at some time in Ganymede's past than had previously been proposed. In fact, Ganymede may be similar in its internal structure to Io with an additional outer layer of ice.
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