Walter, I guess I did not need to tell you I knew nothing about the stars after all. It is obvious. My phone showed them piled one on the other and since Jupiter was bigger it seemed farther away and I had no idea what Oh was. . Thanks to you I now know twice as much as I knew this morning about Jupiter and Uranus. . Thanks for the nice schooling. Carl -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax
---- Walter Branch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Carl, > > Thanks, but since the orbit of Uranus lies outside that of Jupiter, it would > be impossible for Uranus to transit across the face of Jupiter. > > Uranus and Jupiter are easily in the same field of view in a small finder > scope. With increased magnification, Uranus appears very un-starlike. It > is disk shaped, rather than a pinpoint. > > I think you are confusing terms such as eclipse, occultation, transits, and > conjunctions. What you are referring to is the conjunction of Jupiter and > Uranus. See the table here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_(astronomy_and_astrology)#2010 > > I have been observing Jovian transits for 40 years. This was a transit. In > fact, my charting software, Skytools 2, indicates it was Jupiter's moon Io. > > For more info on transits, see here: > http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/javascript/3307071.html > > > -Walter > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
