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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Jupiter, Io and Shadow
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Jupiter, Io and Shadow
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Pictured above [ http://photojournal…PIAGenCatalogPage.pl ?PIA02860 ] is the innermost of Jupiter's Galilean satellites [ http://www.jpl.nasa…discovery.html ], Io, superposed in front of the gas giant planet. To the left of Io [ http://www.seds.org…] is a dark spot that is Io's own shadow. A solar eclipse [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] would be seen from within the shadow spot on Jupiter. Viewed from [ http://space.jpl.na…] planet Earth, similar shadows of Jupiter's large moons can often be seen crossing [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the giant planet's disk. But during the next several months, the Galilean moons can also be seen crossing in front of each other [ http://skyandtelesc…article_771_1.asp ] as, for a while, their orbits lie nearly edge-on when viewed [ http://space.jpl.na…] by earthbound observers. This true-color contrast-enhanced image was taken [ http://ciclops.lpl.…] two years ago by the robot spacecraft Cassini, as it passed Jupiter on its way [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] to Saturn in 2004.
Explanation
Pictured above [ http://photojournal…PIAGenCatalogPage.pl ?PIA02860 ] is the innermost of Jupiter's Galilean satellites [ http://www.jpl.nasa…discovery.html ], Io, superposed in front of the gas giant planet. To the left of Io [ http://www.seds.org…] is a dark spot that is Io's own shadow. A solar eclipse [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] would be seen from within the shadow spot on Jupiter. Viewed from [ http://space.jpl.na…] planet Earth, similar shadows of Jupiter's large moons can often be seen crossing [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the giant planet's disk. But during the next several months, the Galilean moons can also be seen crossing in front of each other [ http://skyandtelesc…article_771_1.asp ] as, for a while, their orbits lie nearly edge-on when viewed [ http://space.jpl.na…] by earthbound observers. This true-color contrast-enhanced image was taken [ http://ciclops.lpl.…] two years ago by the robot spacecraft Cassini, as it passed Jupiter on its way [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] to Saturn in 2004. Explanation
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Credit_and_Copyright
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cassini
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jupiter
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moon
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eclipse
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io
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2004
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2004
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Ganymede
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Ganymede
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Arizona
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Arizona
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Earth
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Earth
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Galileo
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Galileo
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Ganymede
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Ganymede
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Moon
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Moon
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Cassini
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Cassini
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Io
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2004
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SPD-APOD-ap021207
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SPD-APOD-ap021207
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