This form enables you to generate a Postscript file showing the east-west motion of Jovian satellites within a specified time period. The distance of each selected moon from the planet's axis is plotted in units of either arcsec or Jovian radii. In the diagram, the limbs of Jupiter are indicated by a dark gray stripe down the middle. The locations of the rings can be added as bands in lighter gray.
Time increases downward on the plot.
The file contains a single header line followed by the numbers. Revised user interface. If you want the gory details of how times are interpreted, click here . Enter the time interval to be used for the tabulation as a number in the box, and select the time unit from the choices provided. Start times and intervals are rounded to the nearest minute.