A Triple Eclipse on Jupiter
Part of Jupiter is missing.
Actually, three parts appear to be missing.
In reality though, the three dark spots seen in the above photograph are only shadows. The
unusual alignment of three of Jupiter's moons between the
Jovian giant and the Sun was imaged last November 10th.
The shadows of
Io,
Callisto, and
Ganymede move across
Jupiter as these moons progress in their orbits.
It was by noting the times of eclipse
of Jupiter's moons in 1675 that Ole Roemer became the first person to measure the
speed of light.
When a shadow from
Earth's Moon
crosses the Earth's surface, the people inside the shadow see an
eclipse of the Sun.