Re: Saturn shadow transit.



David Knisley may have seem many?
Ron



Uncle Bob wrote:

> Greetings--
> I was watching Io's shadow transit Jupiter's disc last week (at least
> I think it was Io's shadow), and it popped into my mind that such
> transits must also occur on Saturn. I quickly forgot about it and
> tonight it popped back into my mind once again.
>
> Have you ever witnessed such an event on Saturn? I have never seen a
> photo of one. Are these events visible when the rings aren't edge on to
> earth? It would seem so to me.
>
> Clear Skies,
> Uncle Bob

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