Experience the mesmerizing dance of Jupiter as it undergoes retrograde motion from October 9, 2024, to February 4, 2025! This animation provides a unique perspective, showcasing Jupiter's motion in both a space view and as observed from Earth's sky. But what is retrograde motion? Retrograde motion is an optical illusion that occurs when a planet appears to move backward in the sky relative to the stars. This phenomenon happens because Earth, moving faster in its orbit, overtakes the slower outer

Jupiter: Moons Orbits JAN, 08, 2018 This visualization shows jupiter and 63 of its moons. We start close in to Jupiter showing relativly fast moving inner moons that are generally in the same orbital plane including the so called 'Galilean moons': Europa, Io, Ganymede, and Callisto. Other inner moons are: Amalthea, Thebe, Adrastea, and Metis. These inner moons orbit Jupiter as fast as about every 7 hours to about every 17 days. These moons are also relativly close to Jupiter: from around 100 tho