Ganymede & Ganymede (Jupiter's moon) - Zürich, Switzerland
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N 47° 21.960 E 008° 32.473
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Statue of Ganymede and Zeus (represented as an eagle) on the shore of Zürichsee (Lake Zürich).
Waymark Code: WME7ZB
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Date Posted: 04/16/2012
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"Ganymede, according to the Greek myths, was the son of a handsome king, who was taken by the god Zeus and held prisoner at the top of the Mount Olympus.
The Ganymede statue was constructed be a man called Hermann Hubacher in 1952. The difference though, is that Zurich's version of the statue is not meant to symbolize the abduction. Rather, this Ganymede statue symbolizes the longing of the mankind to climb up Mount Olympus. The outstretched hand of Ganymede is supposed to convey the image of him pleading to Zeus for help."
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Ganymede (Moon)
Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System. It measures 5,268 km across. Ganymede is larger than Mercury and some of the dwarf planets in our Solar System. Ganymede is the only moon in the Solar System with its own magnetosphere and is thought to have a salt water ocean that is trapped under surface ice. It orbits Jupiter once every seven days at a distance of 1,070,400km.
Ganymede is composed of nearly equal amounts of silicate rock and water ice and has an iron-rich, liquid core, thought to be responsible for its magnetic field.
Ganymede has been visited by several spacecraft as they orbited or flew by Jupiter. Pioneer 10 and 11 approached the moon in 1973 and 1974. They returned the first images of the satellite, but they lacked detail to say the least. Voyager 1 and 2 provided better measurements of the moon’s size, elevating it to the largest in the Solar System. Galileo discovered the magnetic field and the subsurface ocean. New Horizons made a flyby in 2007 returning topography and composition maps of the moon.
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