The Galilean moons are the four moons of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo Galilei in the 17th century.
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Galilean
Synonyms for "galilean" (5 found)
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43 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Γαλιλαῖος adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
Coptic
2 entries- ⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲁⲓⲟⲥ adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- ⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲁⲓⲟⲥ noun (person from Galilee)
Czech
3 entries- galilejský adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- galileovský adj (of or pertaining to Galileo Galilei)
- Galilejec noun (person from Galilee)
Esperanto
1 entries- galileja adj (of or pertaining to Galileo Galilei)
Finnish
4 entries- galilealainen adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- galilealainen adj (of or pertaining to a Galilean, Galileans)
- galileilainen adj (of or pertaining to Galileo Galilei)
- galilealainen noun (person from Galilee)
German
3 entries- galileisch adj (of or pertaining to Galileo Galilei)
- galiläisch adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- galiläisch adj (of or pertaining to a Galilean, Galileans)
Hebrew
2 entries- גלילי adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- גלילי adj (of or pertaining to a Galilean, Galileans)
Italian
4 entries- galileana adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- galileana adj (of or pertaining to a Galilean, Galileans)
- galileano adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- galileano adj (of or pertaining to a Galilean, Galileans)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡤᠠᠯᡳᠯᡳᠶᡝᠶᠠ ᡤᠣᠯᠣᡳ ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ noun (person from Galilee)
Old English
1 entries- Galilēisċ adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
Polish
2 entries- Galilejczyk noun (person from Galilee)
- Galilejka noun (person from Galilee)
Portuguese
4 entries- galileano adj (of or pertaining to Galileo Galilei)
- galileu adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- galileu noun (person from Galilee)
- galileu noun (zealous follower of Judas of Galilee)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- Galilèach adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- Galilèach adj (of or pertaining to a Galilean, Galileans)
- Galilèach noun (person from Galilee)
Spanish
2 entries- galileano adj (of or pertaining to Galileo Galilei)
- galileo adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
Swedish
2 entries- galileisk adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- galilé noun (person from Galilee)
Volapük
4 entries- Galileyänanik adj (of or pertaining to a Galilean, Galileans)
- Galileyänik adj (of or pertaining to the region of Galilee)
- hi-Galileyänanik adj (of or pertaining to a Galilean, Galileans)
- ji-Galileyänanik adj (of or pertaining to a Galilean, Galileans)
Yiddish
1 entries- גלילעער noun (person from Galilee)
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The four Galilean moons are called: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
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Galileo discovered that the Milky Way is made of many stars and that the Moon has hills. He discovered four moons in orbit around Jupiter, which are now known as the Galilean satellites.
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Callisto, the outermost of the four Galilean moons, has an old surface that is perhaps the most heavily cratered of any object in the solar system.
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