Double shadow transit season for Jupiter's moons begins
Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
Watching the inky-black shadow of a Jovian moon slide across the cloud-tops of Jupiter is an unforgettable sight. Two is always better than one, and as the largest planet in our solar system heads towards opposition on March 8th, so begins the first of two seasons of double shadow transits for 2016.