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Jupiter has been known since ancient times, however its four Major moons, also known as Galilean moons, were only discovered in 1610 by Galileo. In 1892, a fifth moon of Jupiter was discovered, but smaller than the four others. [[Human]]s first sent spacecraft was in late 1973, known as the ''Pioneer 10''. Other spacecrafts soon followed, thus discovering more moons and increasing the understanding of the gas giant. Jupiter has rings that are much fainter than those of Saturn's, which were discovered years later after the visit of the first spacecraft.