Callisto

[ kuh-lis-toh ]

noun

1. Also Kallisto. Classical Mythology. a nymph attendant on Artemis, punished for a love affair with Zeus by being changed into a bear and then transformed into stars as the constellation Ursa Major.
2. Astronomy. a large natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.

Callisto

¹

/ kəˈlɪstəʊ /

noun

1. Greek myth a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major

Callisto

²

/ kəˈlɪstəʊ /

noun

1. the second largest (but faintest) of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter, discovered in 1610 by Galileo. Approximate diameter: 4800 km; orbital radius: 1 883 000 km See also Galilean satellite

Callisto

/ kə-lĭs′tō /

1. One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the eighth in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest planetary satellite.

Example Sentences

As its larger sister moons—Io, Ganymede and Callisto—pass by in their orbits, their gravity causes Europa to flex slightly, generating interior heat that prevents the water from freezing.

From Time

Still, Callisto’s chances of hosting life are not as favorable as other worlds, namely because it’s still pretty damn cold.

From MIT Technology Review

Suppose a bearer of the Medal of Honor formed a stock corporation to exploit the pitchblende of Callisto.

From Project Gutenberg

She was delighted to see him, and said she would love to christen the Callisto or do anything else that he wished.

From Project Gutenberg

Just then a quiver shook the Callisto, and glancing to the right they noticed one of the volcanoes in violent eruption.

From Project Gutenberg

Slowly the Callisto left her resting-place as a Galatea might her pedestal, only, instead of coming down, she rose still higher.

From Project Gutenberg

The Callisto was still going straight up, with a speed already as great as a cannon ball's, and was almost out of sight.

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