Celestial Phenomena : Mutual events of Jupiter's Satellites

[Calculus]

With Celestia 1.2.5, it is possible to have an accurate look at the Mutual events of Jupiter's Satellites as seen from Earth. While reviewing the double mutual events (2 mutual events occuring at the same time), I found a very peculiar one:
Simutaneously you can see 8 phenomena:
1 Ganymede Occults Europa,
2 Ganymede Eclipses Europa,
3 Ganymede Occults its own shadow on Europa,
4 Ganymede transits Jupiter,
5 Europa transits Jupiter,
6 Ganymede casts its shadow on Jupiter,
7 Europa casts its shadow on Jupiter,
8 Ganymede's shadow "occults" Europa's shadow on Jupiter
Unfortunately, the elongation is small. Though not impossible, It is difficult to witness them in realty.

Check it out in my gallery!

(more to come...)

[Christophe]

Very nice, as usual!

For the lazy, here is the celestia url.

[t00fri]

With Celestia 1.2.5, it is possible to have an accurate look at the Mutual events of Jupiter's Satellites as seen from Earth. While reviewing the double mutual events (2 mutual events occuring at the same time), I found a very peculiar one:
Simutaneously you can see 8 phenomena:
1 Ganymede Occults Europa,
2 Ganymede Eclipses Europa,
3 Ganymede Occults its own shadow on Europa,
4 Ganymede transits Jupiter,
5 Europa transits Jupiter,
6 Ganymede casts its shadow on Jupiter,
7 Europa casts its shadow on Jupiter,
8 Ganymede's shadow "occults" Europa's shadow on Jupiter
Unfortunately, the elongation is small. Though not impossible, It is difficult to witness them in realty.

Check it out in my gallery!

(more to come...)

Simply gorgeous!!

Bye Fridger