Galileo Regio

This article is about the surface feature on Ganymede. For the astronomer, see Galileo Galilei. For the spacecraft, see Galileo (spacecraft).
Galileo Regio
A mosaic image of Galileo Regio, created from images taken by the Galileo space probe as it flew by Ganymede several times from 27 June 1996 to 28 December 2000.
Feature typeRegio
Coordinates47°00′N 129°36′W / 47.0°N 129.6°W / 47.0; -129.6
Diameter4,439 kilometres (2,758 mi)
EponymGalileo Galilei

Galileo Regio is a large, dark surface feature on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It is one of most ancient and largest surface feature on Ganymede, spanning as much as 4,500 kilometres (2,800 mi).

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