Ganymede is shown just before it ducks behind the giant planet.
Ganymede completes an orbit around Jupiter every seven days. Because Ganymede's orbit is tilted nearly edge-on to Earth, it routinely can be seen passing in front of and disappearing behind its giant host, only to reemerge later.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)
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