
Listener Questions 35: Exomoons, black holes and math!
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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How Long Does It Take to Go Around Jupiter?
Jupiter's moons tend to be tidally locked meaning that one side of them faces Jupiter. On an Earth sized moon around Jupiter it takes like 85 hours for Europa for example to go around Jupiter so now your day night cycle is determined by how long it takes you to go round Jupiter. At any given time if it's on the side of Jupiter that's facing the sun and the outward facing side of the moon of Jupiter would see the sun but the inner part of this would not see the sun.
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