{"id":628101,"date":"2026-10-12T08:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628101\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:10:10","slug":"apod-2026-october-12-jupiter-and-the-moons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628101\/","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 October 12 – Jupiter and the Moons"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplanation: How many moons can you see? The best answer is five: four orbiting Jupiter<\/a> and Luna<\/a> orbiting Earth. This multi-moon picture was possible because Earth’s Moon<\/a> moved directly in front<\/a> of Jupiter<\/a> last week. The featured image<\/a> is a series of exposures near alignment taken from Westchester<\/a>, New York<\/a>, USA<\/a>. 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<\/a>. Lined up nearly vertically<\/a> above our Moon, listed from bottom to top, are Jupiter’s bright Galilean satellites<\/a>: Ganymede, Io, Callisto, and Europa. Callisto<\/a>, Ganymede<\/a>, and Io<\/a> are larger than Earth’s Moon, while Europa<\/a> is only slightly smaller. NASA’s robotic spacecraft Juno<\/a> is currently orbiting Jupiter<\/a> and has made close passes near three of these moons.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s picture: stairway to heaven\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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