Callisto
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| —n | |
| Greek myth a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major | |
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| a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion |
| a large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi from which prophetic vapors emerged, killed by Apollo, who established his oracle on the site |
| Callisto2 (kəˈlɪstəʊ) | |
| —n | |
| See also Galilean satellite the second largest (but faintest) of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter, discovered in 1610 by Galileo. Approximate diameter: 4800 km; orbital radius: 1 883 000 km | |
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Word Origin & History
Callisto
2nd moon of Jupiter, in classical mythology a nymph, mother of Arcas by Zeus, turned to a bear by Hera, from Gk. kallistos, superl. of kalos "beautiful." Feminized as proper name Callista.
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Callisto  (kə-lĭs'tō) Pronunciation Key
One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the eighth in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest planetary satellite. |
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