On the nights of January 7/8, 1610, Galileo Galilei noted in his notebooks the discovery of the first 4 Jovian moons, which he named after the powerful Medici family, naming them Medicean I, II and III. The name Europa (above left) comes from Greek mythology-Europa was abducted by Zeus (the Greek name for Jupiter) in the form of a bull and bore him many children. Io is also named for a child of Zeus (Jupiter), the daughter of Inachus, who was raped by Jupiter. Jupiter, in an effort to hide his crime from his wife, Juno, transformed Io into a heifer. Calllisto (on the right) was named for another seduction of Jupiter. Callisto was the daughter of Lycaon, who was a follower of Artemis, famous as goddess of the hunt and for her chastity. To punish Callisto for lying with Jupiter, Artemis banished her. Without protection, Jupiter was forced to change Callisto and her son into bears to hide them from his wife Hera’s fury. Eventually, Jupiter placed them both in the sky as the Ursa Major and Minor, the Big and Little Bears (known today as the Big and Little Dippers). Ganymede was the fourth moon discovered by Galileo, named for the shepherd boy known for his incredible beauty and kidnapped by Jupiter. These names would not become common for several hundred years. Today, Jupiter has fifty named moons:
1. Io 2. Europa
3. Ganymede
4. Callisto
5. Amalthea
6. Himalia
7. Elara
8. Pasiphae
9. Sinope
10. Lysithea
11. Carme
12. Ananke
13. Leda
14. Thebe
15. Adrastea
16. Metis
17. Callirrhoe
18. Themisto
19. Megaclite
20. Taygete
21. Chaldene
22. Harpalyke
23. Kalyke
24. Iocaste
25. Erinome
26. Isonoe
27. Praxidike
28. Autonoe
29. Thyone
30. Hermippe
31. Aitne
32. Eurydome
33. Euanthe
34. Euporie
35. Orthosie
36. Sponde
37. Kale
38. Pasithee
39. Hegemone
40. Mneme
41. Aoede
42. Thelxinoe
43. Arche
44. Kallichore
45. Helike
46. Carpo
47. Eukelade
48. Cyllene
49. Kore
50. Herse
and an additional 16 provisional moons:
1. S/2003 J2
2. S/2003 J3
3. S/2003 J4
4. S/2003 J5
5. S/2003 J9
6. S/2003 J10
7. S/2003 J12
8. S/2003 J15
9. S/2003 J16
10. S/2003 J18
11. S/2003 J19
12. S/2003 J23
13. S/2010 J 1
14. S/2010 J 2
15. S/2011 J1
16. S/2011 J2
All images courtesy NASA. Thanks also to NASA for additional historical background.
//3 & 11~!
meme; accepting3: If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?11: If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?
“That first one’s real easy! I would’ve loved to be an astrophysicist! They study all kinds of amazing things that happen in space, like stellar dynamics, galaxy formation,magnetohydrodynamics, structure of matter in the universe, origin of cosmic rays--” They abruptly cut themself off, as if suddenly realizing something.
“Wow, I got way off, haha. Sorry. Anyways, as for that second one...”
“... I guess mistakes hurt, y’know? I don’t like making them. And sometimes, they make you look really dumb. Besides... Failure isn’t something people like to applaud. I guess... Well... I guess another reason could be that some mistakes are fatal. You can’t learn or come back from those. I mean...”
“I would know that, right?”
👏 //one last meme before I take to slumber - bloomingasters
fusions; accepting
* The fluffy, satyr-like monster seems to be at peace.
This fusion is a very calm one. There’s no internal battle; Gaster and Callisto are both pretty friendly with each other. So in theory, they could stay fused for much longer periods of time. Altogether, they’re a very happy fusion. They’re easily excited, fairly friendly, (Callisto has trouble with that, but Gaster is the social butterfly they always wanted to be) and as curious as ever. They also have an impeccable work ethic.
its time for a tag dump,, i’m probably missing a fuckton
feel free to change pronouns , etc . ( )s resemble optional choices . more under read more .
❝ oh, this is just my luck. ❞ ❝ ( even if my way is wrong ) i keep pushing on and on and on and on… ❞ ❝ i can hardly stand myself. so what am i to you? ❞ ❝ i cannot breathe. ❞ ❝ your eyes, they shine so bright. ( i want to save that life. ) ❞ ❝ don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. ❞ ❝ it’s time to begin, isn’t it? ❞ ❝ my age has never made me wise. ❞ ❝ if i told you what i was, would you turn your back on me? ( would you be scared? )❞ ❝ welcome to the new age. ❞ ❝ i’ll admit i’’m just the same as i was. ❞ ❝ i won’t have it any other way. ❞ ❝ the path to heaven runs through miles of clouded hell. ❞ ❝ it’s a revolution, i suppose. ❞ ❝ don’t look back. ❞ ❝ i said it before, i won’t say it again. ❞ ❝ don’t wanna let you down. ❞ ❝ i’m just a slave unto the night. ❞ ❝ you can leave now, it’s your choice. ❞ ❝ remember when i broke you down to tears? ❞ ❝ this road never looked so lonely. ❞ ❝ and all these sorrows i have seen, they lead me to believe, that everything’s a mess. ❞ ❝ don’t you understand that I’m never changing who i am? ❞ ❝ this is no place to build your home. ❞ ❝ the shadows on my wall don’t sleep ( they keep calling me . beckoning … ) ❞ ❝ i’m dying to feel again, oh, anything at all. ❞ ❝ love is a game to you. ❞ ❝ they don’t see me come, who can blame them? ❞ ❝ we’re painted red to fit right in. ❞ ❝ your time will come if you wait for it. ❞ ❝ but with the beast inside there’s nowhere we can hide ❞ ❝ they never seem to catch my eye but i never wondered why. ❞ ❝ i’m sorry, mother … i’m sorry, i let you down. ❞ ❝ i wanna shelter you. ❞ ❝ but the rain won’t fall for the both of us. ( the sun won’t shine on the both of us. ) ❞ ❝ i could’ve gave up then, but then again i couldn’t have, ’cause i’ve traveled all this way for something. ❞ ❝ i won’t fall asleep. ❞ ❝ i’m giving up.❞ ❝ there’s nothing left to say now.❞ ❝ when you feel the heat look into my eyes.❞ ❝ get up now, get up. ❞ ❝ i know i took the path that you would never want for me. ( i know i let you down, didn’t i? ) ❞ ❝ about time for anyone telling you off for all your deeds. ❞ ❝ you kiss and you kiss and you love and you love. ❞ ❝ try to hear my voice. ❞ ❝ been dreaming of this since a child. ❞ ❝ will you trust me when i say that i’ll make it up to you somehow?❞ ❝ make no excuses waste of precious breath❞ ❝ life isn’t always what you think it’d be…turn your head for one second and the tables turn. ❞ ❝ it’s hard, believe me … i’ve tried. ❞ ❝ make no excuses waste of precious breath❞ ❝ emptiness is all you know. ❞ ❝ now remember when i told you that’s the last you’ll see of me? ❞ ❝ you said yourself fantastically, “congratulations you are all alone.” ❞ ❝ i love to be the underdog! ❞ ❝ if you love somebody , you better tell them while they’re here ’cause they just may run away from you. ❞ ❝ i’m sorry, lover. ❞ ❝ i’ve been waiting to smile. ❞ ❝ come with me and we will run away. ❞ ❝ these days I’m fine — no, these days i tend to lie.❞ ❝ i’ve got a lot that’s on my mind. ❞ ❝ i gave you hell through all the years.❞ ❝ i can’t escape this now, unless you show me how. ❞ ❝ i know it’s hard when you’re falling down and it’s a long way up when you hit the ground. ❞ ❝ my mind is made up nothing could change that. ❞ ❝ i’ll bleed out for you. ❞ ❝ i count my sins and i close my eyes and I take it in ❞ ❝ your eyes are red. ❞ ❝ what was right is wrong. ❞ ❝ where do we go from here? ❞ ❝ tell everybody, brothers, sisters, the ending is coming. ❞ ❝ everything is serious and everything is fatal. ❞ ❝ don’t tell me that i’m wrong. ❞ ❝ when everything is falling i’m gonna do the things you do. ❞ ❝ what was right is wrong. ❞ ❝ help me be a little more like you. ❞ ❝ will you just wait until i die? ❞ ❝ i don’t sleep so well at night ( waking up and shivering ) ❞ ❝ are they telling me it’s gonna be okay? ❞ ❝ i threw some rocks up at your window. ❞ ❝ i’ve told a million lies but now I tell a single truth. ❞ ❝ i’m wishing you’re here but i’m wishing you’re gone. ❞ ❝ i’m looking for a way to escape. ❞ ❝ i can’t have you and i’m only gonna do you wrong. ❞ ❝ i shot a whole through every single thing that i loved. ❞ ❝ wmy sense of fear is running thin. ❞ ❝ there’s always time to change your mind. ❞ ❝ now you can’t tell the false from the real. ❞ ❝ you’ll no longer fear when your heart’s turned to gold. ❞ ❝ i want to believe… ❞ ❝ i’m going to mess this up. ❞ ❝ i’m starting to cave. ❞ ❝ run for cover. ❞ ❝ tell me what i am to do. ❞ ❝ from the second that i was born it seemed i had a loaded gun. ❞ ❝ first comes the blessing of all that you’ve dreamed, but then comes the curses of diamonds and rings. ❞
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