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Thursday, June 9

Started by Dave Mitsky, 06/09/2005 04:13PM
Posted 06/09/2005 04:13PM Opening Post
The GRS transits Jupiter's CM at 8:31 p.m. EDT on Thursday. At 10:58 p.m. EDT, Europa begins a transit of Jupiter's disk. At 12:18 a.m. EDT on Friday, Io begins a transit. At 1:24 a.m., Europa begins a shadow transit. Io's shadow begins to cross Jupiter at 1:30 a.m. Four minutes later, Europa ends its transit. At 2:30 a.m., Io ends its transit of the planet. At 3:44 a.m, the shadow of Io departs Jupiter's disk. At 4:00 a.m., Europa's shadow leaves the disk of the planet.

Dave Mitsky

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Posted 06/09/2005 07:49PM #1
Dave,

On average, how long does a GRS transit last?

Ed