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Systems & Worlds G - H
The four largest moons of Jupiter: Ganymede, Io, Callisto and Europa. They were discovered by Galileo in 359
BT
(1610 c.e.), and became important industrial and population centres in the
Interplanetary Age
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Text by
Stephen Inniss
Initially published on 31 December 2007.