Three moons and their shadows parade across Jupiter — beginning of event
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a rare occurrence as three of Jupiter’s largest moons parade across the giant gas planet’s banded face.
The image shows the Hubble observation at the beginning of the event. On the left is the moon Callisto and on the right, Io. The shadows from Europa, which cannot be seen in the image, Callisto and Io are strung out from left to right.
The movement of the moons is shown in the video created from Hubble stills and an annotated version is also available.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | heic1504d |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 5 February 2015, 16:00 |
Related releases: | heic1504 |
Size: | 1000 x 1000 px |
About the Object
Name: | Callisto, Europa, Io, Jupiter |
Type: | Solar System : Planet : Satellite |
Category: | Solar System |
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 395 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical V | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical R | 631 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |