Moon
Callisto
Callisto is the outermost of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter and is heavily cratered.
- Type
- Moon
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Connections
- 5
NASA/JPL/DLR · NASA media (public domain)
- Type: Moon
- Domain: Scientific connections
Experience system V6
Satellite world profile
A moon-first layout that links the body to its parent planet, orbital context, geology, and mission evidence when available.
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Observe
NASA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.
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Measure
Numerical fields come from the typed Solar System catalog and are omitted when not available.
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Locate
Child of Jupiter.
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Connect
5 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.
- Object type
- Moon
- Graph relations
- 5
- Verified sources
- 2
- Image records
- 4
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Status
- Graph entity
Scientific map
Orbit context
- Primary orbital anchor
- Jupiter
- Measured orbit field
- Orbital distance not recorded in this graph record
Original SVG diagram
Interior and field cues
- Atmosphere
- Not recorded
- Mean temperature
- Not recorded
- Gravity
- Not recorded
- Magnetic field
- Not recorded
Visual knowledge graph
Relationships, not isolated facts
This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.
- Discovered byGalileo Galilei
Galileo discovered the four Galilean moons of Jupiter in 1610.
- Observed byGalileo Galilei
- Child ofJupiter
One of the four Galilean moons.
- Related toThe Galilean Moons of Jupiter
- Has featureValhalla
Image provenance
Photography as evidence
Continue the atlas
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Jupiter
astronomerGalileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer and physicist who pioneered telescopic astronomy, discovering the four largest moons of Jupiter.
historical discoveryThe Galilean Moons of Jupiter
In January 1610 Galileo saw four points of light beside Jupiter that changed position night after night — moons orbiting another world.
surface featureValhalla
A giant multi-ring impact structure on Callisto — concentric rings of ridges rippling out from a bright central plain across the most heavily-cratered surface in the Solar System.
moonEuropa
Europa is one of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter, covered by a shell of water ice.
moonGanymede
Ganymede is a Galilean moon of Jupiter and the largest moon in the Solar System.
Observation
How this was captured
- Source
- NASA
- Observation date
- 2001-08-22
Gallery
A Chain of Impact Craters on Callisto
A portion of a chain of impact craters on Jupiter's moon Callisto is seen in this image taken by the Galileo spacecraft on November 4, 1996.
1997
NASA/JPL/ASU · NASA media (public domain)
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
- Stable ID
moon:callisto- Type
- Moon
- Domain
- Scientific connections
- Relationships
- 5
- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/moon:callisto
Scientific quality
Substantial4 of 6 applicable dimensions complete
- Description
- Complete
- Source coverage
- Complete
- Relationship coverage
- Complete
- Review coverage
- None
- Citation coverage
- None
- Image coverage
- Complete
- Timeline coverage
- Not applicable
Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
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Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.