Ganymede: The Solar System’s Largest Moon

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  • Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025

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  • @geographicstravel
    @geographicstravel  2 года назад +23

    Check out Squarespace: squarespace.com/GEOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase.

    • @michaelmayhem350
      @michaelmayhem350 2 года назад

      Simon we need DTU March 8 1994, also in your squarespace read you forgot to mention its a closed proprietary system so its impossible to move a website built at squarespace to any other host.

    • @russ4550
      @russ4550 2 года назад

      That beard getting a little too dummy thicc bro you ought to trim that a bit man 😂

    • @russ4550
      @russ4550 2 года назад +1

      In all seriousness brother... It doesn't match your head anymore, looks pretty weird, and is initially distracting.

    • @AlexanderTheGoodEnough
      @AlexanderTheGoodEnough 2 года назад

      Ganymede, you think you can moon the biggest? challenge accepted! going to hide my ass from the sun this next year that way it will become so white the glare from its reflection will blind anyone who dares look me in the brown eye.

    • @danowens7145
      @danowens7145 2 года назад +1

      7:17 proof of life on ganymede!! I just seen alien birds fly over the surface.

  • @silvernova354
    @silvernova354 2 года назад +36

    Mercury and now Ganymede - thanks for all the solar system stuff lately!

  • @TheSkytherMod
    @TheSkytherMod 2 года назад +481

    I don't know if these kind of videos do particularly well but I hope you continue making them. We're in a whole new era of space exploration and to hear about all the potential things there are to discover kind of gives me hope for a better future in a world where we've had such a bitter past.

    • @Overworkedandunderpaid
      @Overworkedandunderpaid 2 года назад +9

      SPAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

    • @adamboise3907
      @adamboise3907 2 года назад +12

      Simon is a huge space nerd, so I doubt he'll stop making these videos as he's really into this stuff. Huge win for the rest of us who are also into space stuff. The future is the best.

    • @mattthepolarbear
      @mattthepolarbear 2 года назад +3

      My favorite of all Simon's channels

    • @bitemacauk
      @bitemacauk 2 года назад +2

      Very true AMAZING time for space exploration.

    • @MrEnjoivolcom1
      @MrEnjoivolcom1 2 года назад +1

      These space related videos actually do fairly well.

  • @2006gtobob
    @2006gtobob 2 года назад +110

    Did anyone notice the greatest find of all time? It appears that bird-like creatures are flying over the ice of this moon! 7:15. Wow! And Simon didn't mention it!

    • @phxtravis
      @phxtravis 2 года назад +21

      @Sam Samson Proof that birds arent real.

    • @mariyamwaniki
      @mariyamwaniki 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@phxtravis😄

  • @AceSpadeThePikachu
    @AceSpadeThePikachu 2 года назад +25

    With all the media attention around Europa, Enceladus and Titan the past decade, it's refreshing to finally see the extremely underrated Ganymede get some time in the spotlight.

  • @jefffiore7023
    @jefffiore7023 2 года назад +10

    Your multiple channels have been an escape for me in rough times recently; thank you for such quality educational content across so many spectrums of information

  • @mdberg65
    @mdberg65 Год назад +1

    4:56 - Your voice is a pleasure to listen to, but your writers are awesome too. Love that little nod to The Little Mermaid in a video about a water world.

  • @MurraySteel3.14
    @MurraySteel3.14 2 года назад +12

    Please do cover Neptune! There are so very few videos that truly go in depth.

  • @monckey44
    @monckey44 2 года назад +11

    crazy timing, I was researching jupiter and saturn’s moons yesterday. the sheer size of jupiter’s satellites is amazing

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 2 года назад +28

    1:30 - Chapter 1 - Planet sized moon
    5:05 - Chapter 2 - Into the abyss
    9:00 - Mid roll ads
    10:15 - Chapter 3 - Caverns measureless to man
    14:00 - Chapter 4 - A history of discovery
    18:10 - Chapter 5 - A juicy mission
    - Chapter 6 -

  • @masamune2984
    @masamune2984 2 года назад +8

    Love all of your videos, on all the channels, but I particularly adore these astronomy/space-related videos. Thank you 🙂

  • @alexbowman7582
    @alexbowman7582 2 года назад +6

    Jupiter’s moons once had military importance. Back when clocks were inaccurate the Jovian moons could be used as a clock thus allowing ships to more accurately position themselves.

  • @russ4550
    @russ4550 2 года назад +9

    Imagine actually getting a probe there capable of actually digging though enough ice to see the water and dive into it... That mission would be absolutely awe inspiring

  • @Subzer039
    @Subzer039 2 года назад +29

    How do you not have an "Astrographics" channel yet?

    • @JasonSighn
      @JasonSighn 2 года назад +1

      He has enough channels.

    • @Subzer039
      @Subzer039 2 года назад +6

      @@JasonSighn never. He's the Galactus of RUclips channels

    • @imperfectly-balanced8861
      @imperfectly-balanced8861 2 года назад +6

      @@JasonSighn blasphemy 😤
      Simon would have you chained to his basement radiator for merely thinking such things!

    • @ajstevens1652
      @ajstevens1652 2 года назад +1

      @@JasonSighn Choose your next words carefully. They may be your last from outside the basement.

    • @xyz7572
      @xyz7572 2 года назад

      I mean, this channel practically is, at this point :p

  • @DerptyDerptyDUM
    @DerptyDerptyDUM 2 года назад +17

    🌌ASTROGRAPHICS🌌
    ....the greatest channel on RUclips. 🥰

  • @sasharae99
    @sasharae99 2 года назад +13

    I appreciate your videos, they get me through sitting at work during the mundane moments! These are great to listen to, always so interesting ♥️♥️

  • @willowmoon7
    @willowmoon7 2 года назад +28

    The fact that Simon's facial hair has increased in volume over the years is proof that knowledge is stored in the beard.

  • @cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988
    @cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988 2 года назад +142

    Ganymede is bigger than Mercury, but it's mass is less than half of Mercury's mass.

    • @rafaelbrisolara7599
      @rafaelbrisolara7599 2 года назад +56

      It makes sense. Since Ganymede is greatly made of ice while mercury is one of the most dense metallic planets in our solar system.

    • @Dr.RichardBanks
      @Dr.RichardBanks 2 года назад +8

      I'm just a _Massive_ fan.

    • @raidermaxx2324
      @raidermaxx2324 2 года назад +16

      well mercury is almost just an entire iron core as opposed to an actual planet

    • @Dr.RichardBanks
      @Dr.RichardBanks 2 года назад +15

      @@raidermaxx2324 that's pretty *_METAL_*

    • @Vjx-d7c
      @Vjx-d7c 2 года назад +4

      @@Dr.RichardBanks ba dum tsss

  • @arome5901
    @arome5901 2 года назад +8

    My favorite moon way underrated and not enough spotlight. Thanks Simon

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk 2 года назад +10

    Great video! I'd never heard of the "club sandwich" theory before and you're right, someone was both very clever and VERY stoned when they thought of it. But it'd be so freakin' AWESOME to be able to prove it was correct!

    • @stephenbrand5661
      @stephenbrand5661 2 года назад +1

      It's the same way Ganymede's interior is portrayed on every piece of media out there apart from the name, never heard it called club sandwich or whatever until this video. It also happens to be the primary reason why Ganymede's ocean isn't as good a candidate for life as Europa or Enceladus.

  • @NikkiMusic
    @NikkiMusic 2 года назад +8

    I was not ready for the Jojos reference in a Geographics vid, but I loved it.

    • @slmanimates231
      @slmanimates231 2 года назад +1

      I'm glad it wasn't just me that spotted this, I was doing a word-search of the comments to see who else took something more form this video lol!

    • @aubreezeppeli1726
      @aubreezeppeli1726 2 года назад

      It caught me off guard but I'm glad I wasn't the only one that understood it!

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 2 года назад +77

    Your writers (aka, Blazement "guests") definitely write with your personality in mind Simon. That goes for all your channels. You sir, are an amazing presenter. The BBC just might snap you up someday.
    As for your writers it wouldn't surprise me at all if some of them become RUclips creators in the own right. Your CasCrim writers have the skills to branch out into writing entire true crime novels.

    • @MirzaAhmed89
      @MirzaAhmed89 2 года назад +3

      Why would he want to work for BBC? I'm sure he's doing financially from RUclips.

    • @eviltwinzak
      @eviltwinzak 2 года назад +4

      Please don't ever work for BBC.

    • @king_dot
      @king_dot 2 года назад +2

      To be fair that’s what happened with Fact Fiend, the guy was originally a today I found out writer

  • @DavidMorris1984
    @DavidMorris1984 2 года назад +8

    Brilliant video.
    Reminds of why I've loved space since I was a child. The sense of awe and wonder is just part of it. There's also the huge achievement of creating something that goes to another world and makes a major/history changing discovery.
    All of these steps we're taking now will help us to sustain humanity and to gain a greater understanding of the universe. It's a shame that more governments don't give this the level of importance that it deserves.

  • @substantialcarp
    @substantialcarp 15 дней назад

    More videos like this please! Super interesting, great writing, and the perfect depth of information to make it understandable but not boring. Great stuff.

  • @2311DeanO
    @2311DeanO 2 года назад +5

    Let's see, Elvis Costello, Foo Fighters, Whitesnake, sea moons, literal stone oceans. Ganymede sounds just as bizarre as that

  • @oxylepy2
    @oxylepy2 2 года назад +6

    Simon: "Begging to be explored"
    My Brain: "Oh yeah, land on me Earth Daddy"

  • @_KaiTheGamer_
    @_KaiTheGamer_ 2 года назад +5

    14:03-14:07 ok, now THAT'S an incredible reference.

    • @aubreezeppeli1726
      @aubreezeppeli1726 2 года назад

      I'm so glad I wasn't the only person that noticed it!

  • @flareinc7413
    @flareinc7413 2 года назад +2

    These space exploration-videos are so amazing and I hope we get even more of them ^^

  • @Nefville
    @Nefville 2 года назад +9

    I saw Ganymede for the first time a few weeks ago with my own eyes. Jupiter is very close to the Earth at the moment and with just a pair of binoculars I could see 3 moons, one which was Ganymede. Odd they were on a tilt, like / that. I'm not sure if they orbit flat in regards to the plane of the solar system and the Earth was tilted or if they just orbit Jupiter on a tilt. Maybe a bit of both. Anyways that was cool, its probably still close enough to see them if the sky is clear.

    • @pluto9000
      @pluto9000 2 года назад +1

      Depends on where you are on Earth.

  • @EmilyJelassi
    @EmilyJelassi 2 года назад +11

    Very interesting video! I really like the solar system videos lately.. very well written! Great job Simon and team 😊👏🏻💯🙌🏻

  • @80budokai
    @80budokai 2 года назад +1

    Geographics, great video! Enjoy your Wednesday! 🙏

  • @LyleFrancisDelp
    @LyleFrancisDelp 2 года назад +36

    When I was a kid, Jupiter had only nine moons. Now it has so many, and probably more that still haven't been discovered.

    • @resileaf9501
      @resileaf9501 2 года назад +11

      Damn, Jupiter is a hoarder. Hopefully the other planets stage an intervention so it can drop that habit.

    • @bumblebee9337
      @bumblebee9337 2 года назад +13

      Only fitting that Jupiter would have the largest harem.

    • @ElysetheEevee
      @ElysetheEevee 2 года назад

      ​@@resileaf9501
      Lol, it would need a psychaistrist planet as that's a full-blown mental illness; not as much a "habit".
      I wonder which planet would make the best psychiatric help lol?

    • @reddwarfer999
      @reddwarfer999 2 года назад +9

      @@resileaf9501 Jupiter is the Putin of the solar system. Keeps annexing stuff.

    • @zimriel
      @zimriel 2 года назад +4

      when i was a kid (1981) the number of moons Jupiter had depended on which book I read.
      when I got older I realised Jupiter had four real moons, and Amalthea, and a scattering of useless rocks.

  • @Freedom001
    @Freedom001 Год назад

    I love your style so much it's a huge reason I watch so many of your videos.
    Many thanks.

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 2 года назад +11

    This is a fascinating presentation on what could be one of the most fascinating objects in the Solar System. Also, I loved the subtle Kim Jong-un and Vladolf Putler roasts.

  • @oozorakyou
    @oozorakyou 2 года назад +5

    "...or 100 mi in America **** Yeah unit"
    _(with birds casually fly on Ganymede moon)_
    10/10

  • @ianr
    @ianr 2 года назад +4

    We need more videos on moons, planets, stars etc please.👍🙂

  • @bjornkinding6998
    @bjornkinding6998 2 года назад +1

    Great information! Super interesting! and an awesome way to present them!

  • @robbramos2047
    @robbramos2047 Год назад

    As a U.S. American, I applaud Simon’s gentle ribbing of our stubborn adherence to non-metric measurements.

  • @Dank-gb6jn
    @Dank-gb6jn 2 года назад +11

    This pleases the Space Cowboy. Watch out for Red Eye dealers, and a certain modified Welsh Corgi.
    Edit: when JUICE launches, someone remind me to come to this video and write (in all caps) “The Juice is loose”

    • @tugatomskanimation6370
      @tugatomskanimation6370 2 года назад +1

      Sadly, he's gonna carry that weight...

    • @Dank-gb6jn
      @Dank-gb6jn 2 года назад +1

      @@tugatomskanimation6370 a poignant and insightful end to the series.

    • @Docwilson91
      @Docwilson91 2 года назад +1

      I was checking the comment specifically for the “Juice is loose” reference. I was not disappointed

    • @Dank-gb6jn
      @Dank-gb6jn 2 года назад +1

      @@Docwilson91 I’ll post it again whenever the system launches lol. With a name like JUICE it was bound to come up 😂

  • @Delightfully_Witchy
    @Delightfully_Witchy 2 года назад +2

    13:15 "Now it's important to include our usual disclaimer: Just because somewhere is habitable, doesn't mean it's inhabited."
    Take Wyoming, for example.

  • @lewis4200
    @lewis4200 2 года назад +1

    "Inaccessible to you as your ex's heart." Why you gotta do me like that, Factboi?!

  • @agale1360
    @agale1360 2 года назад +4

    Miles…”America’s f**k yeah units” 😂😂

  • @Hillbilly001
    @Hillbilly001 2 года назад +4

    Smashed the like button as a sacrifice to the Algorithm. But, I wonder what happened to "Xplrd"? The Whistlerverse is the bomb! Allegedly. Cheers.

  • @lewisnic1234
    @lewisnic1234 2 года назад +1

    Less than Scotland gets in November - and I took that personally

  • @MeteoricBurst
    @MeteoricBurst 2 года назад +5

    That JoJo's reference after 14:00. Not for the first time on this channel.

    • @sohamtalekar7820
      @sohamtalekar7820 2 года назад +1

      Was looking for this comment

    • @slmanimates231
      @slmanimates231 2 года назад +1

      I'm glad it wasn't just me that spotted this, I was doing a word-search of the comments to see who else took something more form this video lol!

  • @v.emiltheii-nd.8094
    @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 2 года назад +4

    13:59 Nice Jojo reference.

  • @kevanhubbard9673
    @kevanhubbard9673 2 года назад +4

    I saw it last night although I was pretty undergunned with a 5x10 Zeiss monocular but it's all I had on me and you can just make out Jupiter's main 4 moons with it.

  • @antonnym214
    @antonnym214 2 года назад +2

    Nice reporting, sir! Hyper-interesting. All good wishes.

  • @stephenhammond6962
    @stephenhammond6962 2 года назад

    Great video Nomis 👍

  • @Parzival0
    @Parzival0 2 года назад +3

    Omg you constantly love to dig at Putin. I feel like it is almost a tradition in every video thanks for the laugh 😆

  • @charlieduke6393
    @charlieduke6393 2 года назад +2

    Been waiting for my fix all day.

  • @bartterp88
    @bartterp88 2 года назад +3

    I kind of wish there isn't any life in these oceans on Ganymede. Because if there is, it means the universe might be stacked with life.
    And that's a scary thought.

  • @marxyzm1655
    @marxyzm1655 2 года назад

    Amazing video. Thank You!

  • @deannagiuliani8541
    @deannagiuliani8541 Год назад

    Space Simon is the best Simon. Full of wonder rather than disdain.

  • @tint1122
    @tint1122 2 года назад +3

    5:03 I didn't know there's seagulls on Ganymede.

  • @raidermaxx2324
    @raidermaxx2324 2 года назад +4

    its so crazy to think that at some point in the future, worlds like Ganymede and Europa and other ice shell moons beyond the ice belt in our solar system will become full on, balmy ocean worlds for a few million years, when our sun starts to die and gets all fat and bloated

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 2 года назад +1

      *billion ... Also, if these moons warm to liquid, it will boil away leaving a rubbly core.

    • @christopherbassit2757
      @christopherbassit2757 2 года назад

      @@RideAcrossTheRiver over millions of years. Plenty of time for life to flourish

  • @zzzzzzzzzzy
    @zzzzzzzzzzy 2 года назад

    i am loving these astronomy videos!

  • @peterpayne2219
    @peterpayne2219 2 года назад

    I really liked this video!

  • @bartl.
    @bartl. 2 года назад +4

    ‘Murica f*ck yeah units😂

  • @stantheman9072
    @stantheman9072 2 года назад +2

    OMG! Simon with a “Team America: World Police” reference. 😂

  • @MiaD666
    @MiaD666 2 года назад +1

    I love me some space videos. Space is so vast and wonderous. Saturn is my favorite planet and I am always happy when I can observe it through my telescope.

  • @christopherlewis1847
    @christopherlewis1847 2 года назад +1

    I have to say, the idea of Elvis Costello teaming up with the Foo Fighters does sound interesting. I would like to hear that album.

  • @NoelMcGinnis
    @NoelMcGinnis 2 года назад +1

    Not Simon quoting The Little Mermaid! 😂

  • @dizzious
    @dizzious 2 года назад

    Awesome! More please

  • @queredknight
    @queredknight 11 месяцев назад

    I like these videos. There is a few places I want spacex to go to. The moon, mars, ceres, vesta (because it is an asteroid with an iron core like a planet), Ganymede, and Titan.

  • @operator.k
    @operator.k 2 года назад +1

    I have to re-watch this now ... I spent half the video thinking about Cowboy Bebop references

  • @IamayMizono
    @IamayMizono 2 года назад +1

    I like how Simon calls Ganymede the biggest "natural" satellite like we somehow made a bigger satellite ourselves.

    • @beans666
      @beans666 Год назад

      One day we might 🤷‍♀️

  • @victorchekoff8343
    @victorchekoff8343 Год назад

    Seriously, we need a dedicated channel on Space! Simon man of the people, come on!!!

  • @HereBeDragonsYT
    @HereBeDragonsYT 2 года назад

    Somehow, I missed this one when it dropped originally. Lucky me that I get to watch it now.

  • @carolpond3340
    @carolpond3340 2 года назад +2

    Simon I humbly suggest that you create another channel for your empire called space-ographics

  • @coreyharrison8850
    @coreyharrison8850 2 года назад

    Fabulous little mermaid reference. Just so on point!!

  • @ki5rllthreedronefour85
    @ki5rllthreedronefour85 Год назад

    I love those birds flying around on the ice sheet video clips in this video.

  • @padawanmage71
    @padawanmage71 2 года назад

    Nice seagull @7:17. 😁

  • @stinchy8564
    @stinchy8564 2 года назад +1

    14:00 nice Jojo Reference

  • @rodgermurphy5721
    @rodgermurphy5721 2 года назад +1

    What an amazing stunning world it would be to walk on ....could you imagine

  • @Pleplerhep
    @Pleplerhep 2 года назад +1

    Imagine the exitement and pure terror it will be actual finding life there.

  • @TheScrubExpress
    @TheScrubExpress 2 года назад +1

    So we're gonna have JUICE and the Europa Clipper around Jupiter at the same time? That'll be pretty coooool. 2031 where you at.

  • @Thisandthat8908
    @Thisandthat8908 2 года назад +1

    "The largest natural satellite" implies that there is a larger artificial satellite.
    Now i'm concerned.

  • @worthlexx
    @worthlexx 2 года назад +3

    13:56 Did he just make a JoJo reference?

  • @janvanruth3485
    @janvanruth3485 2 года назад +1

    fascinating to see much money and effort goes into finding life on far away planets while at the same time scores of people right here on earth are dying of totally preventable conditions like STARVATION...

  • @robertwalker-smith2739
    @robertwalker-smith2739 Год назад +1

    'Simply begging to be explored. . .'
    That's what Zeus said to Hera.

  • @Lohoris
    @Lohoris 2 года назад +3

    I'm wondering, IF the multiple layers theory turns out to be true... How would we even manage to explore the inner layers without cross contamination?

    • @beans666
      @beans666 Год назад

      What do you mean by cross contamination?

    • @beans666
      @beans666 Год назад +1

      If you mean like life from our planet ending up there... the intense cold and lack of oxygen would be enough to kill almost everything. Leaving the atmosphere and being torched while it's happening would probably do the rest.

  • @ilajoie3
    @ilajoie3 2 года назад +3

    Hopefully Ganymede doesn't have any ice nine in addition to possibly all sorts of other ice types

    • @ComaDave
      @ComaDave 2 года назад

      That's what I was wondering.
      Imagine the first human exploration of Ganymede being obliterated by a typo.

  • @Sheathking
    @Sheathking 2 года назад

    Can we have a video on the feasibility (current and future tech) of terraforming other worlds/moons in our solar system?

  • @elijahgiter9559
    @elijahgiter9559 2 года назад +1

    Can't wait to say, "the juice is loose"

  • @IRosamelia
    @IRosamelia 2 года назад +1

    Let's nuke Ganymede's ice crust and see what's below!
    Kidding 😅

  • @petuniasevan
    @petuniasevan 2 года назад

    10:14
    In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
    A stately pleasure dome decree
    Where Alph the sacred river ran
    Through caverns measureless to man
    Down to a sunless sea.
    (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Kubla Khan", beginning stanza)

  • @thestork93
    @thestork93 2 года назад

    Please do Neft Daşları. Must be so interesting

  • @nosorab3
    @nosorab3 2 года назад +2

    I wonder if a nuclear-powered probe could melt its way through the icy crust rather than drill down.

  • @stevedaenginerd
    @stevedaenginerd 2 года назад

    4:57 Love the Little Mermaid Reference! 😅

  • @omar53333
    @omar53333 2 года назад +3

    14:01 was that a JoJo reference?

  • @kaitlynotoole9
    @kaitlynotoole9 День назад

    I would have thought that the birds would be a giveaway that we weren’t watching a video of Ganymede’s ice but given that they are a history channel that started doing science I guess we can cut them some slack😂

  • @therubicon
    @therubicon 2 года назад

    7:18 you're from the same island my dad is. I presume currently there, so those are Miles per hour and distances on your motorway signs just like here in America. So it could be Britannia F... Yeah 😅

  • @Styxswimmer
    @Styxswimmer 2 года назад +1

    New Channel called Astrographics for stuff from outer space.

  • @BillHimmel
    @BillHimmel 2 года назад

    I hope so much for these missions! Finding even the most primitive life on an other body would be the biggest breakthrough in biology since Darwin‘s „On the Origin of Specis“.

  • @daltonbedore8396
    @daltonbedore8396 2 года назад +1

    "down where it's wetter, and arguably, better"

  • @elisajacktravelasia2479
    @elisajacktravelasia2479 2 года назад +1

    @14:00 nice Jojo reference 😁

  • @debbiep99
    @debbiep99 2 года назад

    How do you not get tired of talking? You have so many channels and it's all you talking. I'm exhausted just thinking about it.
    Well done

  • @cjpolett2055
    @cjpolett2055 2 года назад

    Beard is getting epic, dude👍

  • @marcofava
    @marcofava 2 года назад +3

    I only knew of Ganymede thanks to the Expanse