Telescope Reviews: Europa Annularly Transits Ganymede

I predict that Jupiter’s Galilean satellite Europa will appear in annular transit across Ganymede during the evening of 2009 NOV 23. This event will be visible from western North America, but not in the east where Jupiter will already have set. I’ve created two diagrams. The first is a view from above Jupiter’s north pole, and the second is a view from Earth. They can be seen by clicking: http://www.curtrenz.com/astronomical . Below is my timetable.

Europa Annularly Transits Ganymede
2009 NOV 23 PST (UT-8)

20:39:30 PST Partial Transit Begins
20:41:50 PST Annular Transit Begins
20:42:37 PST Minimum Separation between Satellite Centers
20:43:25 PST Annular Transit Ends
20:45:46 PST Partial Transit Ends

Photos, descriptions and timings of this event would be welcome additions to this thread.

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