Tables about mutual phenomena can be created also with the software Occult 4 from Dave Herald. Tables created with Occult 4 are used in Occult Watcher from Hristo Pavlov. And some informations are also available on the site of the International Occultation Timing Association - European Section (IOTA-ES).

If sun and earth are passing through the orbital plane of the jovian moons it is possible to observe mutual eclipses and occultations over a time period of some months. This events occur in the Jupiter system every six years, in the Saturn system every 14 years and in the system of Uranus only every 42 years.

From my position in northern Austria mutual events in the system of Jupiter are observable in this times:

2002/10 - 2003/07
2009/03 - 2010/01
2014/08 - 2015/07
2021/01 - 2021/08

After I had participated a speech at the Observatory in Paris in November 2008, I have participated the worldwide observation campain 2009 of this mutual events in the system of Jupiter. And because I have the right equipment in the year 2009 I was able to capture some data and send to the "Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des Ephemerides" (IMCCE) in Paris.

Video animation of an occultation followed by an eclipse in the Jupiter system 2009/08/17 Jupiter moon Europa occulted and eclipsed by moon Io - Video animation MPEG4 (1.1MB) Video animation created with Guide 8 from Bill J Gray.

Images from an observation night 2009/08/25 Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4

Observation reports about mutual occultations and eclipses of planet moons

 

2009/11
2009/11/28   17:48 UTC   3O2   Jupiter moon Ganymede (III) occulted Europa (II)

2009/11/23   17:29 UTC   2O1   Jupiter moon Europa (II) occulted Io (I)



2009/10
2009/10/03   20:22 UTC   1E2   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Europa (II)

2009/10/03   18:30 UTC   1O2   Jupiter moon Io (I) occulted Europa (II)



2009/09
2009/09/26   17:57 UTC   1E2   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Europa (II)

2009/09/20   23:19 UTC   2E1   Jupiter moon Europa (II) eclipsed Io (I)

2009/09/08   23:43 UTC   1E2   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Europa (II)

2009/09/08   22:26 UTC   1O2   Jupiter moon Io (I) occulted Europa (II)

2009/09/01   21:04 UTC   1E2   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Europa (II)

2009/09/01   20:02 UTC   1O2   Jupiter moon Io (I) occulted Europa (II)



2009/08
2009/08/27   22:49 UTC   3E2   Jupiter moon Ganymede (III) eclipsed Europa (II)

2009/08/25   00:14 UTC   1E2   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Europa (II)

2009/08/24   23:31 UTC   1O2   Jupiter moon Io (I) occulted Europa (II)

2009/08/24   01:29 UTC   1E3   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Ganymede (III)

2009/08/17   21:16 UTC   1E2   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Europa (II)

2009/08/17   21:05 UTC   1O2   Jupiter moon Io (I) occulted Europa (II)

2009/08/16   20:46 UTC   1E3   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Ganymede (III)

2009/08/16   20:14 UTC   1O3   Jupiter moon Io (I) occulted Ganymede (III)

2009/08/15   23:53 UTC   1E3   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Ganymede (III)

2009/08/15   00:45 UTC   1O2   Jupiter moon Io (I) occulted Europa (II)

2009/08/14   21:59 UTC   1O2   Jupiter moon Io (I) occulted Europa (II)

2009/08/08   20:43 UTC   1E3   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Ganymede (III)



2009/07
2009/07/16   23:04 UTC   1O2   Jupiter moon Io (I) occulted Europa (II)

2009/07/16   21:51 UTC   1E2   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Europa (II)



2009/06
Due to bad weather conditions in my region in northern Austria,
no recording of a mutual event was possible in June 2009.



2009/05
2009/05/26   01:23 UTC   1E4   Jupiter moon Io (I) eclipsed Callisto (IV)

2009/05/23   00:38 UTC   2O3   Jupiter moon Europa (II) occulted Ganymede (III)

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