This page describes a video Jupiter Moons Movie2, by Nicolas Hurez, Paul-Antoine Matrangolo, and Carl Pennypacker, United States of America
Caption:
Second place in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Galilean moons.
This sequence shows the orbit of the four Galilean moons around the planet Jupiter. Almost two entire orbits of the innermost moon, Io, can be seen, with the other moons (Europa and Ganymede, but in particular Callisto) being further away, orbiting noticeably slower. The images were obtained in 2018 with the Las Cumbres Global Observatory at different locations on Earth, allowing a continuous sequence of images over approximately half a week without gaps during the day. With clear skies and over the course of several nights, the motion of the Galilean moons can also be observed with binoculars (ideally steady your elbows on a surface).
Credit:
Nicolas Hurez, Paul-Antoine Matrangolo and Carl Pennypacker/IAU OAE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5291803
Related glossary terms:
Galilean Satellites
, Gas Giant
, Io
, Jupiter
, Moons
, Orbit
, Outer Planets
, Planet
Categories:
Solar System
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) icons
The media file captions presented on the OAE website were written, translated and reviewed by a collective effort from the OAE, the OAE Centers and Nodes, the OAE National Astronomy Education Coordinators (NAECs) and other volunteers. You can find a full list of credits for our translation project here. All media file captions are released under a Creative Commons CC BY-4.0 license and should be credited to "IAU OAE". The media files themselves may have different licenses (see above) and should be credited as listed above under "credit".
Captions in Different Languages:
Caption: Secondo posto al concorso di astrofotografia IAU OAE 2021, categoria Lune Galileiane.
Questa sequenza mostra l'orbita delle quattro Lune Galileiane intorno al pianeta Giove. Si possono vedere quasi due intere orbite della luna più interna, Io, mentre le altre lune (Europa e Ganimede, ma in particolare Callisto) sono più lontane e sensibilmente più lente. Le immagini sono state ottenute nel 2018 con il Las Cumbres Global Observatory in diverse località della Terra, consentendo una sequenza continua di immagini nell'arco di circa mezza settimana senza intervalli durante il giorno. In caso di cielo sereno e nel corso di diverse notti, il moto delle Lune Galileiane può essere osservato anche con un binocolo (l'ideale è tenere i gomiti su una superficie).
Credit: Nicolas Hurez, Paul-Antoine Matrangolo and Carl Pennypacker/IAU OAE
Related glossary terms: Gigante gassoso , Giove , Io , Lune , Orbita , Pianeta , Pianeti esterni , Satelliti galileiani Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi, Valentina La Parola
Caption reviewers: Rodolfo Canestrari
