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{{quote|All of these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landings there.|''[[
At last count, there were ''sixty-three'' of them, of which 49 are named. Many of these have only been found in the last decade. They are all named after Zeus's lovers and descendants, so you can tell he really got around.
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Four irregular shaped moons, being pretty small and not large enough to form into spheres. Due to tidal forces, the first two will eventually drop into the planet or break up into ring particles. The largest, Amalthea, was discovered in 1892 and is very, very red. The radiation levels this close to Jupiter ''will'' kill you faster than you can say "non-functional DNA".
Amalthea didn't get its name until the mid-20th century; before then it was simply known as "Jupiter V" (as in the Roman numeral 5). [[Arthur C. Clarke
=== Space Pizza: Io ===
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Its surface features are named after gods of fire, thunder and lightning, the sun or blacksmithing (Ra Patera, the volcanoes Pele and Surt, etc.) Given its extreme geological activity, it's questionable how long any of these surface features will last.
Io was the setting for the movie ''[[Outland (
=== Ice World: Europa ===
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Just smaller than our Moon, Europa is covered by a cracked, frozen ocean (smoother than a billiard ball would be if it was the same size) and has a tenuous atmosphere (on earth it would be considered a pretty decent vacuum). It may support simple life under the surface. Here the radiation levels (540 rem/day) are less, so you'll have [[wikipedia:Walking ghost phase|up to a week or so to get your affairs together]]. [[
Its surface features are named after places and myths of the Celtic mythos (Tara Regio, the crater Pwyll, etc.). Surface gravity is 13.4% of Earth's.
As shown in the page quote, Europa played a prominent role in ''[[
=== Big Brother: Ganymede ===
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