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#OnThisDay 13 January 1610 #Galileo discovered #Jupiter's moon #Ganymede; the largest moon in our #SolarSystem.
Being 8% larger than #Mercury, it's the 9th largest object in our Solar System & the largest without a substantial atmosphere
#astronomy #space #astrophysics #physics
The end of @MESSENGER2011 at 3:30pm EDT/8:30pm BST on 30 April 2015. The impact crater on #Mercury will be 52ft (16m)
#OnThisDay 13March1781 #WilliamHerschel discovered the 'Georgian star' (Georgium sidus) aka #Uranus #astronomy #space