Callisto
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.
Astronomy. a large natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
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British Dictionary definitions for Callisto (1 of 2)
/ (kəˈlɪstəʊ) /
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
British Dictionary definitions for Callisto (2 of 2)
/ (kəˈlɪstəʊ) /
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
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Scientific definitions for Callisto
[ kə-lĭs′tō ]
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.
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