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Elara

(Encyclopedia)Elara ēˈlərə [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...

Deimos

(Encyclopedia)Deimos dīˈmŏs [key], in astronomy, one of the two moons, or natural satellites, of Mars. ...

Dashava

(Encyclopedia)Dashava dəshäˈvə [key], a natural gas producing region of Ukraine, mainly in Lviv region, in the Carpathian foothills. It is linked by pipeline to many centers of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia, inc...

Alabama, University of

(Encyclopedia)Alabama, University of, main campus at Tuscaloosa; state supported, coeducational; chartered 1820, opened 1831. An experimental station of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the state natural history museum, t...

Amalthea

(Encyclopedia)Amalthea ămˌəlthēˈə [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...

Himalia

(Encyclopedia)Himalia hĭmälˈyə [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...

Ananke

(Encyclopedia)Ananke ənăngˈkē [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...

Metis, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia)Metis mēˈtĭs [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...

Nereid

(Encyclopedia)Nereid nĭrˈēəd [key], in astronomy, one of the eight known moons, or natural satellites, of Neptune. ...

Lysithea

(Encyclopedia)Lysithea lĭsĭthˈēə [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. ...