ESA to send Galileo Galilei text to Jupiter

Memorial plaque in memory of the discovery of satellites Jupiter per Galileo was placed in Jupiter’s Icy Moon Explorer, the juicefrom WHICHwhich will be released in April.

Galileo Galilei was the first to observe Jupiter and its four largest moons through a telescope in January 1610. His observation that the moons change positions from one night to the next disproved the idea that everything revolves around the Earth. The moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto became collectively known as the Galilean moons in his honor.

What does the sign say?

The plate shows images of the first observations Jupiter and its moons made Galileo Galilei from a copy of Sidereus Nuncius, kept in the library of the Museum of Astronomy and Copernicus at the headquarters of the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) in Rome (Italy). The copy is one of the first 550 printed in 1610 in Venice.

The plaque was unveiled at Airbus Toulouse on January 20, where the ship will already be packed for a transatlantic flight to French Guiana, where it will be prepared for launch on an Ariane 5 from a European launch site.

The three largest satellites in Jupiter – Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – contain a large amount of water hidden under their surface, in volumes far exceeding the volumes of the Earth’s oceans.

These planet-sized moons offer tantalizing hints that there may be other conditions for life than our pale blue dot orbiting giant planets rather than hot stars. THE JUICE it will take 8 years to reach Jupiter and it will begin its journey through these moons in 2034, orbiting Ganymede.

Jupiter and its family of large moons represent the archetype of gas giant planetary systems throughout the universe and, as such, are among the most attractive destinations in our solar system. WHICH. (Europe Press)

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