On 1/7/2004, "Mark Schnitzius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>1. Does Europa experience a solar eclipse with each
>revolution around Jupiter? It would seem that it
>would, seeing as it's nearly coplanar with Jupiter's
>orbit around the sun (IIRC).
Yes. See
http://www.lunar-reclamation.org/europa_outpost_paper.htm
>2. If so, what how much time does it typically spend
>in Jupiter's shadow?
About 2 hours and 45 minutes, according to the
impeccably peer-reviewed scientific treatment above. ;-)
>3. I was looking at wikipedia's Europa page
>at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(moon) and
>I think there's a problem. I posted a question
>about it on the relevant Discussion page, here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Europa_(moon)
What's the problem? There was no discussion
at the indicated page when I looked. Note that
it says Europa is the smallest of the Galilean
moons, not the smallest of Jupiter's moons.
-michael turner
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