Occultation occurs when one celestial body — for instance, a moon or a planet — aligns with another. Striking images of occultation give us an unusual glimpse of the traffic in our cosmic backyard.
“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.
Hubble Captures Jupiter’s Largest Moon Going to the “Dark Side”
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/42/
Hubble Spots Rare Triple Eclipse on Jupiter
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/30/
Rare Hubble Portrait of Io and Jupiter
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1996/30/