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    Moon of Jupiter

    Callisto

    One of the most heavily cratered surfaces in the Solar System.

    • Its ancient surface records billions of years of impacts.

    Key facts

    Mean diameter
    4,820.6 km
    Mass
    1.08 × 10^23 kg (0.0181 Earths)
    Surface gravity
    1.235 m/s² (0.126 g)
    Escape velocity
    2.45 km/s
    Mean temperature
    -139 °C
    Rotation period
    400.56 hours
    Orbital period
    16.69 days
    Mean distance from Jupiter
    1.8827 million km

    Atmosphere

    Negligible or extremely thin.

    Composition and structure

    Rock and ice.

    Discovery and exploration

    Its ancient surface records billions of years of impacts.

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