Mars and Jupiter moons meet

Paris (ESA) Oct 17, 2022

ESA's Mars Express has captured the rare moment of Mars' small moon Deimos passing in front of Jupiter and its four largest moons - the focus of ESA's upcoming Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer launching next year. Celestial alignments like these enable a more precise determination of the martian moons' orbits. Since arriving in orbit at the Red Planet in 2003, Mars Express routinely observes the