Animation of Jupiter's (Galilean) moons

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2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

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Ceperley, Peter

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Abstract

Animation of the progression of Jupiter's Galilean moons as seen from a simple telescope. These provided one way to ascertain one's longitude before the event of radio.

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Physics

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