455-jupiter-moon-orbit-diagram-dixon – This orbital schematic illustrates the complex, tangled web of irregular satellite trajectories surrounding Jupiter. The highly eccentric, inclined, and overlapping paths are highlighted in luminous green vector lines against a stark black void, with small arrows indicating orbital direction. The central planet is depicted at the focal point as a small, banded globe encircled by its regular, inner prograde satellite orbits. digital, for Scientific American, around 2006
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