Hubble Observes Rare Jupiter Conjunction

Europa, Callisto, and Io, three of Jupiter’s four largest moons, can commonly be seen transiting the face of the giant planet and casting shadows onto its cloud tops. However, seeing three moons transiting the face of Jupiter at the same time is rare, occurring only once or twice a decade.

On Janurary 24th, 2015, the +Hubble Space Telescope  captured a rare look at three of Jupiter’s largest moons zipping across the banded face of the gas giant planet.

Read more here:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2015/05/

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http://spacetelescope.org/announcements/ann1505/

Please join +Tony Darnell, Dr +Carol Christian and +Scott Lewis  as they discuss the observations with +Zolt Levay and Mike Wong.

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Bring your questions and comments and we’ll read them on air throughout the hangout!

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