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Mutual occultations of the satellites of Jupiter in 2015

All instants are given in UT.

1o2 means that satellite I occults satellite II, etc.

"Start" is the instant of first exterior contact, or the beginning of the occultation. "End" is the instant of last contact. These times are given in hours, minutes and seconds.

Column "Magn." gives the magnitude of the occultation in %, that is, the fraction of the diameter of the second satellite that is occulted by the first satellite at maximum phase. 'T' means that the satellite is totally occulted, while 'A' means an annular occultation; in the latter case, the first satellite is projected entirely on the second satellite.

Column "Dur." gives the duration of the total or annular phase, in seconds.

IMPORTANT : Not all these events are visible from a given place!

Date 2015		Satel.	Start h m s	End h m s	Magn. %	Dur. s
Jan	1	2o3	01 27 00			See Note 1
	2	2o3	02 49 40	03 06 28	39
	3	2o1	10 52 19	11 03 10	55
	5	3o1	08 18 42	08 26 07	53
	7	2o1	00 03 28	00 13 24	53
	9	2o3	06 22 12	06 36 22	37
	10	2o1	13 13 40	13 22 50	51
	12	3o1	11 01 13	11 07 25	46
	14	2o1	02 21 29	02 30 05	50
	16	2o3	09 41 28	09 53 46	35
	17	3o4	14 19 52	14 23 40	2
	17	2o1	15 28 52	15 36 59	50
	19	3o2	02 30 44	02 36 15	T	28
	19	3o1	13 36 20	13 41 53	45
	21	2o1	04 34 29	04 42 16	50
	22	1o3	14 17 19	14 20 58	21
	23	2o3	12 52 10	13 02 51	31
	24	2o1	17 39 52	17 47 23	52
	25	4o2	07 18 30	07 25 55	19
	26	3o2	05 12 35	05 18 12	T	64
	26	3o1	16 05 50	16 11 09	48
	28	2o1	06 43 57	06 51 15	54
	29	1o3	16 38 18	16 42 38	29
	30	2o3	15 57 27	16 06 34	25
	31	2o1	19 48 02	19 55 09	56
Feb	2	3o2	07 53 31	07 59 15	T	84
	2	3o1	18 31 56	18 37 14	56
	4	2o1	08 51 08	08 58 07	59
	5	1o2	16 27 44	16 31 19	86
	5	1o3	18 59 45	19 04 47	40	See Note 2
	6	2o3	18 58 28	19 05 50	18
	7	2o1	21 54 23	22 01 14	63
	9	1o2	05 26 04	05 29 36	77
	9	3o2	10 34 07	10 39 52	T	86
	9	3o1	20 55 51	21 01 13	67
	11	2o1	10 56 51	11 03 36	67
	11	4o3	12 29 06	12 43 50	28
	12	1o2	18 24 29	18 27 55	69
	12	1o3	21 22 55	21 28 39	52
	13	2o3	21 57 45	22 02 51	9
	14-15	2o1	23 59 37	00 06 15	72
	16	1o2	07 23 03	07 26 21	60
	16	3o2	13 15 18	13 20 58	T	50
	16	3o1	23 18 45	23 24 12	82
	18	2o1	13 01 50	13 08 22	76
	19	1o2	20 21 47	20 24 55	50
	19	1o3	23 48 07	23 54 30	65
	22	2o1	02 04 27	02 10 52	82
	23	1o2	09 20 46	09 23 41	41
	23	3o2	15 58 02	16 03 28	84
	24	3o1	01 41 46	01 47 16	99	Nearly total
	25	2o1	15 06 41	15 12 58	A 86	14
	26	4o2	20 25 55	20 29 55	30
	26	1o2	22 20 02	22 22 40	31
	27	1o3	02 16 53	02 23 53	A 69	71
Mar	1	2o1	04 09 23	04 15 31	A 86	28
	2	1o2	11 19 38	11 21 54	22
	2	3o2	18 42 48	18 47 49	63
	3	3o1	04 05 18	04 10 46	T	58
	4	2o1	17 11 51	17 17 51	A 86	19
	6	1o2	00 19 34	00 21 23	13
	6	1o3	04 50 27	04 58 07	A 69	78
	7	2o4	11 20 56	11 28 28	A 65	96
	8	2o1	06 14 50	06 20 40	82
	8	3o4	09 26 29	09 49 38	72
	9	1o2	13 20 01	13 21 06	4
	9	3o2	21 30 28	21 34 53	44
	10	3o1	06 30 17	06 35 38	T	52
	11	2o1	19 17 43	19 23 22	77
	13	1o3	07 31 06	07 39 35	67	Nearly annular
	15	2o1	08 21 06	08 26 34	72
	16	4o2	01 33 39	01 44 21	91
	17	3o2	00 20 50	00 24 28	27
	18	2o1	21 24 29	21 29 46	66
	20	1o3	10 22 35	10 32 20	57
	21	1o3	07 47 30	08 09 19	50
	22	2o1	10 28 24	10 33 28	61
	24	3o4	00 10 09	00 18 49	67
	24	3o2	03 14 38	03 17 21	14
	25	2o1	23 32 24	23 37 16	56
	27	1o3	13 32 24	13 44 47	49
	28	1o3	11 41 39	11 53 21	46
	29	2o1	12 36 54	12 41 34	52
	31	3o2	06 11 50	06 13 33	5
Apr	2	2o1	01 41 31	01 45 58	48
	2	4o3	09 36 38	10 00 48	A 91	35
	3	1o3	17 31 05	17 55 16	42
	3	1o3	22 44 02	23 12 01	36
	4	1o3	14 56 26	15 05 03	42
	5	2o1	14 46 37	14 50 53	44
	7	3o2	09 12 37	09 13 35	2
	8	3o4	08 05 10	08 11 39	27
	8	2o4	22 53 51	22 59 48	64
	9	2o1	03 51 52	03 55 57	41
	11	1o3	17 57 15	18 04 16	39
	12	2o1	16 57 35	17 01 31	39
	14	3o2	12 16 49	12 18 13	3
	16	2o1	06 03 27	06 07 14	37
	17	4o2	15 29 53	15 35 39	88
	17	4o1	23 44 07	23 50 10	43
	18	4o3	01 27 51	01 37 08	A 91	22
	18	1o3	20 51 41	20 57 45	37
	19	2o1	19 09 45	19 13 24	35
	21	3o2	15 24 31	15 27 02	10
	21	3o1	21 43 38	21 48 12	53
	23	2o1	08 16 13	08 19 47	34
	25	1o3	23 42 40	23 48 11	37
	26	1o4	01 59 19	02 03 06	20
	26	2o1	21 23 04	21 26 34	34
	27	3o4	10 00 19	10 26 09	92
	28	3o2	18 36 18	18 40 04	23
	29	3o1	00 26 31	00 31 19	55
	30	2o1	10 30 06	10 33 34	34
May	3	4o3	10 36 34	10 43 19	26
	3	2o1	23 37 27	23 40 54	35
	4	4o2	23 39 23	23 43 30	18
	5	3o2	21 51 28	21 56 25	40
	6	3o1	03 13 02	03 18 15	61
	7	2o1	12 45 00	12 48 28	37
	11	2o1	01 52 49	01 56 19	39
	13	3o2	01 10 22	01 16 25	62
	13	3o1	06 04 20	06 10 09	69
	13	2o4	12 55 31	13 08 25	35
	14	2o1	15 00 51	15 04 24	42
	18	2o1	04 09 08	04 12 44	46
	20	3o2	04 32 39	04 39 37	89
	20	3o1	09 01 28	09 08 09	79
	21	4o1	13 18 20	13 23 17	17
	21	2o1	17 17 35	17 21 16	50
	22	4o3	14 17 56	14 40 36	A 91	61. Almost exactly central
	24	1o3	10 58 30	11 03 44	63
	25	2o1	06 26 16	06 30 00	55
	27	3o2	07 58 33	08 06 11	T	105
	27	3o1	12 07 00	12 14 54	91
	28	2o1	19 35 08	19 38 56	61
Jun	1	2o1	08 44 11	08 48 02	68
	3	3o2	11 28 23	11 36 20	T	106
	3	3o1	15 26 10	15 36 06	T	47
	4	3o1	07 03 20	07 33 58	78
	4	3o1	12 36 48	13 02 43	95
	4	2o1	21 53 24	21 57 18	75
	7	4o3	07 03 46	07 07 20	8
	8	2o1	11 02 47	11 06 41	83
	10	3o2	15 02 05	15 09 49	82
	10	3o1	19 12 26	19 27 16	T	140
	11	3o1	17 17 30	17 29 50	T	136. Almost exactly central
	12	2o1	00 12 20	00 16 14	A 86	17
	13	1o2	07 09 50	07 10 19	1
	15	2o3	03 56 54	04 00 21	14
	15	2o1	13 22 02	13 25 53	86	Nearly annular
	16	3o4	18 13 42	18 32 41	54
	16	1o2	20 21 30	20 23 29	7
	17	3o2	18 40 25	18 47 02	45
	18	3o1	20 56 56	21 05 52	95
	19	2o1	02 31 54	02 35 40	76
	20	1o2	09 34 15	09 37 02	14
	21	1o3	22 23 30	22 28 11	43
	22	2o3	07 22 44	07 27 56	40
	22	2o1	15 41 53	15 45 31	66
	23	1o2	22 47 19	22 50 46	21
	24	3o2	22 23 29	22 26 35	8
	26	3o1	00 17 19	00 24 01	63
	26	2o1	04 52 01	04 55 28	55
	27	1o2	12 01 14	12 05 16	28
	29	1o3	01 19 15	01 23 04	23
	29	2o3	10 50 20	10 56 13	A 59	78
	29	2o1	18 02 16	18 05 26	43
Jul	1	1o2	01 15 24	01 19 59	34
	3	3o1	03 28 45	03 33 00	27
	3	2o1	07 12 43	07 15 29	31
	4	1o2	14 30 33	14 35 39	41
	6	1o3	04 17 58	04 19 44	4
	6	2o1	20 23 17	20 25 30	18
	8	1o2	03 45 59	03 51 35	47
	10	2o1	09 34 10	09 35 24	5
	11	1o2	17 02 36	17 08 43	53
	15	1o2	06 19 32	06 26 10	59
	18	1o2	19 37 55	19 45 07	64
	22	1o2	08 56 49	09 04 37	69
	25	1o2	22 17 37	22 26 07	73
	29	1o2	11 39 16	11 48 34	76

Notes

There is near miss, but no actual occultation. Satellite II almost occults III. The least separation between the limbs of the two satellites is 0.03 arcsecond..
The occultation begins while the shadow of I is still on satellite III, but near the opposite limb of this satellite.

Data provided by Jean Meeus.

British Astronomical Association - Computing Section - britastro.org/computing

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Mutual occultations of the satellites of Jupiter in 2015

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