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Who first made clear observations of Jupiter's four largest satellites in early 1610?
What is the overwhelmingly favored scientific model explaining the origin of the Galilean moons?
How does the size of Ganymede compare to other celestial bodies mentioned in the text?
What precise orbital relationship links the inner three Galilean moons?
What primarily dictates the compositional difference between Io and the other three major moons?
What process allowed the moons to grow within the circumjovian disk?
What statistical issue argues strongly against the capture theory for the four largest moons?
What is the implication of Io's composition being primarily rock and sulfur?
What phenomenon is Io's extreme volcanism directly attributed to as a consequence of its orbital configuration?
What observation suggests the Galilean moons formed in situ (at their current general locations) within the disk?
Who first observed the Galilean moons and in what year?
What revolutionary astronomical concept did the discovery of Jupiter's orbiting moons strongly support?
Which of the four Galilean moons is unique for being the largest in the solar system and possessing its own intrinsic magnetic field?
What is the main reason Europa is considered a prime target in the search for extraterrestrial life?
What name is given to the process described in the classic disk accretion model where material clumps, dust aggregates, and then planetesimals collide to form moons?
What significant issue arising from rapid, *in situ* formation under the classic model is cited as a major hurdle?
According to the slow formation hypothesis, what crucial event must be delayed or happen before the final assembly to avoid the moons being lost?
What is the approximate water ice-to-rock ratio for Callisto's bulk composition?
What current orbital configuration links the four Galilean moons, suggesting a gentle settling phase?
How does the refractory (rocky) nature of Io contrast with the formation implication of the slow model?
When did Galileo first glimpse the faint points of light near Jupiter?
What specific date marked Galileo's initial sighting of the Jovian satellites?
What name did Galileo originally assign to Jupiter's companions to acknowledge his patron?
What is the modern, accepted name for the four moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto?
Why was Galileo's improved telescope essential for resolving the satellites?
What was the title of Galileo's 1610 publication detailing his astronomical findings?
Galileo’s observation that objects orbited Jupiter directly challenged which long-held cosmological view?
What crucial type of proof did Galileo's discovery offer to support the heliocentric theory?
What feature required by the Ptolemaic model to explain retrograde motion was noted as a key flaw in the comparison table?
Which later figure was expected to formalize a unified physics based on the new understanding of celestial motion provided by Galileo's discovery?
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