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Jupiter's Moons Remain Slightly Illuminated, Even in Eclipse

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(Credit: NAOJ/JAXA/Tohoku University)

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have found that Jupiter's Galilean satellites (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) remain slightly bright (up to one millionth of their normal state) even when in the Jovian shadow and not directly illuminated by the Sun.

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