GALILEAN SATELLITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Galilean satellite mean? 

• GALILEAN SATELLITE (noun)
  The noun GALILEAN SATELLITE has 1 sense:

1. one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo

  Familiarity information: GALILEAN SATELLITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALILEAN SATELLITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Galilean; Galilean satellite

Hypernyms ("Galilean satellite" is a kind of...):

satellite (any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star)

Instance hyponyms:

Callisto (the second largest of Jupiter's satellites)

Europa (the 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites; covered with a smooth shell of frozen water)

Ganymede (the largest of Jupiter's satellites)

Io (the closest of Jupiter's moons; has active volcanoes)