Moons over Jupiter: transits and shadow transits

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Jun 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003jbaa..113..125r&link_type=abstract

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.113, no.3, p.125-129

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There is no more beautiful illustration of orbital motions than the movements of Jupiter's satellites. Every six years, their movements are most strikingly displayed, when the jovian system is presented edge-on to Earth. This means that there is a higher frequency of multiple transits over the face of the planet, as all the moons transit across the equatorial zone, whereas in other years Ganymede and Callisto transit near the poles or not at all. Also, for a few months, the satellites pass in front of each other, displaying mutual eclipses and occultations. In 2002/2003 we have been able to observe a fine series of these multiple and mutual events. On the cover, and on these pages, are some of the highest-resolution images received.

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