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GANYMEDE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest of Jupiter's satellites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

Galilean; Galilean satellite (one of the four satellites of Jupiter that were discovered by Galileo)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

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 Context examples: 

It’s thought that this plasma pump is responsible for making Ganymede’s auroras unusually bright.

(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)

The densest and heaviest ice thought to persist in Ganymede is called "Ice VI."

(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)

Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system and the only moon with its own magnetic field.

(Hubble Observations Suggest Underground Ocean on Jupiter's Largest Moon, NASA)

Ganymede’s magnetosphere offers the chance to explore a unique magnetic environment located within the much larger magnetosphere of Jupiter.

(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)

Vance and his team showed, through laboratory experiments, how much salt really increases the density of liquids under the extreme conditions inside Ganymede and similar moons.

(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)

Because Ganymede is close to Jupiter, it is also embedded in Jupiter’s magnetic field.

(Hubble Observations Suggest Underground Ocean on Jupiter's Largest Moon, NASA)

Scientists think these observations could be key to unlocking the secrets of the moon, such as why Ganymede’s auroras are so bright.

(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)

In the 1990s, NASA's Galileo mission flew by Ganymede, confirming the moon's ocean, and showing it extends to depths of hundreds of miles.

(Ganymede may harbor 'club sandwich' of oceans and ice, NASA)

When Jupiter’s magnetic field changes, the aurorae on Ganymede also change, “rocking” back and forth.

(Hubble Observations Suggest Underground Ocean on Jupiter's Largest Moon, NASA)

The mission ended in 2003, but newly resurrected data from Galileo’s first flyby of Ganymede is yielding new insights about the moon’s environment — which is unlike any other in the solar system.

(Fresh Results from NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft 20 Years On, NASA)