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by stevei
Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:02 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Moons and Jupiter (2009 Jul 14)
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Re: Moons of Jupiter (7/14/09)

I am also skeptical that those dots are Jupiter's moons. Not only are they visible to the naked eye in the photo, but the separation between them and Jupiter seems quite large (especially the one on the right). Isn't it more likely that these points of light are distant stars coincidentally lining u...