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Fast Facts: Jupiter's moon, Callisto
| Age |
4.5 billion years, about the same age as Jupiter |
| Location |
Solar system, in orbit around Jupiter |
| Avg. distance from Jupiter |
1,882,700 km (1,170,000 mi) |
| Diameter |
4,820 km (3,000 mi) |
| Mass |
1.076 x 1023 kg |
| Orbital period around Jupiter |
16.7 days. The same side of Callisto always faces Jupiter. It takes the same amount of time to make one revolution on its axis as it does to complete an orbit around Jupiter. |
| Distinguishing features |
Callisto, the outermost of the four Galilean moons, has an old surface that is perhaps the most heavily cratered of any object in the solar system. The moon’s composition is roughly equal parts rocky material and water ice. Two enormous multi-ring impact structures are prominent features. Valhalla, the largest, has a central basin that is 600 km (370 mi) across and rings that extend to 3,000 kilometers (1,900 mi) in diameter. Asgard measures about 1,600 kilometers (1,000 mi) in diameter. |
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