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Picture of Jupiter from Saturn
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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:17:39 GMT
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http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2540
For me, that's tres cool.
But here's what I have a problem with--
"Jupiter is imaged here from more than 11 times the distance between Earth and
the Sun, or slightly farther than the average Earth-Saturn distance. As
demonstrated by Pale Blue Orb, Earth is only about a pixel across when viewed
from Saturn by Cassini. "
If Jupiter is 5 AU from the sun and Saturn is 9-10 AU from the sun, Jupiter
must've been on the 'otehr side' of the sun from the Saturn point-of-view if
it's 11 AU away.
Never mind--I looked at hte picture again--Jupiter is more than 'half moon'
lit-up. I thought it wasn't.
No issue :)
Dave K
-who is wondering why 80 AU is stuck in his head loking for somethign to attach
itself to
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