Friday, April 13, 2007

Apod 4.3 Jupiter moon movie


South is toward the top in this frame from a stunning movie featuring Jupiter and moons recorded last Thursday from the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Jupiter's new junior red spot is just above the broad white band in the planet's southern (upper) hemisphere. In later frames, as planet and moons rotate (right to left), red spot junior moves behind Jupiter's left edge while the Great red spot comes into view from the right. Also finally coming into view at the right, is Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io.

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