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Modified link of Web site: Lunar and Planetary Institute - Ganymede. Jul 31, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Juno's close encounter with Ganymede—An overview. Sep 06, 2025
Add new Web site: EDP Sciences - Astronomy and Astrophysics - Composition and thermal properties of Ganymede’s surface from JWST/NIRSpec and MIRI observations. Jun 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Giant impact on early Ganymede and its subsequent reorientation. Apr 16, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Colorado, Boulder - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics - Geology of Ganymede (PDF). Jan 18, 2025
Add new Web site: The Planets - Ganymede Facts. May 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Lunar and Planetary Institute - Ganymede. Mar 29, 2024
Add new Web site: The Nine Planets - Ganymede. Jan 05, 2024
Links added. Jul 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Space.com - Ganymede: Facts About Jupiter's Largest Moon. Sep 10, 2022
Add new Web site: Lunar and Planetary Institute - Ganymede. Sep 06, 2016
Material about subsurface ocean, icy crust, and magnetic field added. Mar 12, 2015
Article revised. Apr 04, 2008
Added new Web site: University of Tennessee - Astronomy 161: The Solar System. Jun 30, 2006
Added new Web site: The Nine Planets - Phobos. Jun 08, 2006
Added new Web site: Solar Views - Ganymede. May 12, 2006
Article revised. Jun 16, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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