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by AlanF
Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:30 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Solar Eclipse from Uganda (2013 Nov 08)
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Re: APOD: Solar Eclipse from Uganda (2013 Nov 08)

It's certainly possible to see frequent solar eclipses from Jupiter (if you could stand on the upper atmosphere). Its moons are in the same plane as its orbit, and we frequently see the shadows of the larger moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto cast onto the planet's cloud tops. Tomorrow mornin...