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===Major findings=== # The composition of Jupiter differs from that of the Sun, indicating that Jupiter has evolved since the formation of the Solar System.<ref name="endkit" /><ref name="Key Science Discoveries">{{cite web |publisher=NASA |title=Galileo β 10 Key Science Discoveries |url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/galileo/overview/ |access-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-date=July 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719111109/http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/messenger/oldmess/2Probe.html |url-status=live }}</ref> # ''Galileo'' made the first observation of ammonia clouds in another planet's atmosphere. The atmosphere creates ammonia ice particles from material coming up from lower depths.<ref name="endkit" /> # Io was confirmed to have extensive volcanic activity that is 100 times greater than that found on Earth. The heat and frequency of eruptions are reminiscent of early Earth.<ref name="endkit" /><ref name="Key Science Discoveries" /> # Complex plasma interactions in Io's atmosphere create immense electrical currents which couple to Jupiter's atmosphere.<ref name="endkit" /><ref name="Key Science Discoveries" /> # Several lines of evidence from ''Galileo'' support the theory that liquid oceans exist under Europa's icy surface.<ref name="endkit" /><ref name="Key Science Discoveries" /> # Ganymede possesses its own, substantial magnetic field β the first satellite known to have one.<ref name="endkit" /><ref name="Key Science Discoveries" /> # ''Galileo'' magnetic data provided evidence that Europa, Ganymede and Callisto have a liquid salt water layer under the visible surface.<ref name="endkit" /> # Evidence exists that Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto all have a thin atmospheric layer known as a "surface-bound [[exosphere]]".<ref name="endkit" /><ref name="Key Science Discoveries" /> # Jupiter's [[ring system]] is formed by dust kicked up as interplanetary [[meteoroid]]s smash into the planet's [[Inner satellites of Jupiter|four small inner moons]]. The outermost ring is actually two rings, one embedded with the other. There is probably a separate ring along [[Amalthea (moon)|Amalthea]]'s orbit as well.<ref name="endkit" /><ref name="Key Science Discoveries" /> # The ''Galileo'' spacecraft identified the global structure and dynamics of a giant planet's [[magnetosphere]].<ref name="endkit" />
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