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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Jupiter and the Moons
NASA ^ | 12 Oct, 2026 | Credit & Copyright: Chirag Upreti, Date: October 12, 2026 Credit & Copyright: Chirag Upreti Authors

Posted on 10/12/2026 12:52:21 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: How many moons can you see? The best answer is five: four orbiting Jupiter and Luna orbiting Earth. This multi-moon picture was possible because Earth's Moon moved directly in front of Jupiter last week. The featured image is a series of exposures near alignment taken from Westchester, New York, USA. The sunlit crescent of Earth's Moon, on the lower left, is overexposed, while the Moon's night side, on the upper right, is faintly illuminated by Earthshine. Lined up nearly vertically above our Moon, listed from bottom to top, are Jupiter's bright Galilean satellites: Ganymede, Io, Callisto, and Europa. Callisto, Ganymede, and Io are larger than Earth's Moon, while Europa is only slightly smaller. NASA's robotic spacecraft Juno is currently orbiting Jupiter and has made close passes near three of these moons.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Society
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa

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1 posted on 10/12/2026 12:52:21 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 10/12/2026 12:52:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 31R1O; 4everontheRight; A Navy Vet; A_perfect_lady; abb; AFB-XYZ; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 10/12/2026 12:53:34 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Got a 2001 vibe to it


4 posted on 10/12/2026 12:54:17 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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5 posted on 10/12/2026 12:56:58 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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So, with the proper orbit, is it possible to put Europa around Uranus?


6 posted on 10/12/2026 1:10:33 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Do the racist Islamics use their Communists as dupes? Or do the racist Communists use the Islamics?)
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Nice! It was cloudy here, darnit…


7 posted on 10/12/2026 1:39:43 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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Yeah, which runway to use.


8 posted on 10/12/2026 1:40:43 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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No way!


9 posted on 10/12/2026 1:52:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Happy Halloween!

10 posted on 10/12/2026 1:57:20 PM PDT by Deaf and Discerning
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To: MtnClimber

I remember the first time I saw that, after I purchased a nice pair of powerful, motion correcting binoculars...and I gasped.

There was something about it that conveyed the distance and vastness of space in that one instant.


11 posted on 10/12/2026 2:24:33 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
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There is something to the right of the upper moon.


12 posted on 10/12/2026 3:10:13 PM PDT by Doctor Congo
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The glow of the American Cheese when you lift up the top of your cheeseburger.


13 posted on 10/12/2026 4:52:50 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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