Re: Double shadow transit happening on Jupiter (12:30)

I saw this too.... looked very cool....

Just explain one thing - when Ganymede and Europa were transiting
Jupiter - why did they appear as black dots? why weren't the sunlit?
They were sunlit/visible when they were off the limb of the planet....

Doug

On Sep 3, 2009, at 12:31 AM, Steve Gottlieb wrote:

> Yep, 3 discs (all different in appearance) at once on Jupiter are
> making a great sight with Europa and Io close to Jupiter on either
> side. Wow.
>
> Steve
>
> On Sep 3, 2009, at 12:15 AM, Dana Patchick wrote:
>
>> I'm with you, Steve. It's a great sight! Even Ganymede is showing
>> up between the two shadows - and closer to Europa's decidedly
>> smaller shadow.
>>
>> -Dana
>>
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>>> If anyone's up at midnight -- the shadow's of Europa and Ganymede
>>> are both easily visible with Ganymede, itself, transiting. Very
>>> cool.
>>>
>>> Steve
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