Jupiter's Moon Callisto Shows Evidence of Youth Despite Evolutionist Explanations
by Owen Borville
March 14, 2019
Astronomy
Discovered in 1610 by Galileo, Callisto is the second largest moon of Jupiter and the third largest moon in the solar system, after Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede. Callisto's size is similar to Mercury. It is also one of four Galilean moons, which were discovered by Galileo including Callisto, Io, Ganymede, and Europa. Galileo's discovery of these moons was important because until then it was believed that every planetary body orbited the Earth. The discovery signified that not all celestial bodies rotate around the Earth and led to the discovery that all planets orbit the sun.
Callisto is the most heavily cratered object in the solar system and because of this evolutionists believe that Callisto is very old: four billion years old within their 4.5 billion year old solar system model after so many years of bombardment. However, after satellite spacecraft revealed close up photos of Callisto's surface, the youth of this moon was apparent as the many larger craters contain few smaller craters inside, implying a short, catastrophic bombardment. Callisto has few surface features other than craters, which cover the entire surface. Callisto shows no signs of geologic activity, indicating it has likely cooled off since its formation. If Callisto has cooled so quickly, why are other moons volcanically active? The geologic inactivity of Callisto gives evidence of the youth of these moons and that their internal heat cannot last for billions of years. Castillo has no metallic core and a weak magnetic field likely generated by a subsurface saltwater ocean, as discovered by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the 1990's. Mainstream uniformitarian processes have difficulty explaining why Callisto has no metallic core while Jupiter's moon Ganymede does. Differences in ocean size and types of surface features between Jupiter's moons also give problems for uniformitarian models of planetary moon evolution.
NASA Science Solar System Exploration: Callisto. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/callisto/in-depth/
by Owen Borville
March 14, 2019
Astronomy
Discovered in 1610 by Galileo, Callisto is the second largest moon of Jupiter and the third largest moon in the solar system, after Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede. Callisto's size is similar to Mercury. It is also one of four Galilean moons, which were discovered by Galileo including Callisto, Io, Ganymede, and Europa. Galileo's discovery of these moons was important because until then it was believed that every planetary body orbited the Earth. The discovery signified that not all celestial bodies rotate around the Earth and led to the discovery that all planets orbit the sun.
Callisto is the most heavily cratered object in the solar system and because of this evolutionists believe that Callisto is very old: four billion years old within their 4.5 billion year old solar system model after so many years of bombardment. However, after satellite spacecraft revealed close up photos of Callisto's surface, the youth of this moon was apparent as the many larger craters contain few smaller craters inside, implying a short, catastrophic bombardment. Callisto has few surface features other than craters, which cover the entire surface. Callisto shows no signs of geologic activity, indicating it has likely cooled off since its formation. If Callisto has cooled so quickly, why are other moons volcanically active? The geologic inactivity of Callisto gives evidence of the youth of these moons and that their internal heat cannot last for billions of years. Castillo has no metallic core and a weak magnetic field likely generated by a subsurface saltwater ocean, as discovered by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the 1990's. Mainstream uniformitarian processes have difficulty explaining why Callisto has no metallic core while Jupiter's moon Ganymede does. Differences in ocean size and types of surface features between Jupiter's moons also give problems for uniformitarian models of planetary moon evolution.
NASA Science Solar System Exploration: Callisto. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/callisto/in-depth/
