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Callisto.

Callisto; the second-largest moon of Jupiter and the third-largest moon in the Solar System, with a very old surface characterized by a high density of craters

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Meaning & usage

name/¹kaˈlɪs.tu/[kaˈlɪ̀s.tʊ̌]
  1. Callisto; the second-largest moon of Jupiter and the third-largest moon in the Solar System, with a very old surface characterized by a high density of craters

    Callisto er den ytterste av de fire galileiske månene.
Where this word comes from

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin Callistō (“Kallisto, a nymph in Greek mythology”), from Ancient Greek Καλλιστώ (Kallistṓ, “Kallisto; the most beautiful one”), from κάλλιστος (kállistos, “most beautiful”) + -ώ (-ṓ). The astronomical name commemorates the mythological Kallisto, a nymph associated with Zeus. The moon was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 and probably almost simultaneously by Simon Marius, who proposed the name. Parallel international forms include Danish Callisto, Swedish Callisto, German Kallisto, Dutch Callisto, Finnish Kallisto, Polish Kallisto and English Callisto.

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