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JUPITER’S MOONS AND THE SPEED OF LIGHT Student Manual A Manual to Accompany Software for the Introductory Astronomy Lab Exercise Document SM 15: Circ.Version 1.0  Department of Physics Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA 17325 Telephone: (717) 337-6028 email: clea@ Database, Software, and Manuals prepared by: Jan Paul Dabrowski, Marylhurst University, Glenn Snyder and Laurence Marschall (Project CLEA, Gettysburg College) Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy Contents Learning Goals 3 Procedural Objectives 3 Useful Terms 3 Introduction: Historical Background of the Roemer Experiment 4 Starting the Program 9 Accessing Help Files 9 Summary of the Lab Activity 9 Overview of the Observing Procedure 10 Before you Begin 11 Observing ProcedureA Worked Example 14 Your Observations and Calculations 19 Questions and Discussion 20  Goals You should be able to use the observations of eclipses of Jupiter’s moon Io by Jupiter’s shadow, taken at different points in Jupiter’s orbit, to determine the speed of light. You should be able to understand how Ole Roemer, in the 17th Century, was able to notice that light did not travel through space instantaneously, but had a finite speed. Objectives If you learn to ……. Observe Jupiter’s Moons as they orbit the planet. Recognize eclipses and record precise times for them. Predict the timing of future eclipses of Io by Jupiter using the known period of Io around Jupiter and observations of the time of one eclipse. Observe eclipses of Jupiter’s moon Io, once when it is close to Earth, and once when it is much further from Earth (when Jupiter is on the opposite side of the Sun. You should be able to ……. Compute the time difference between an expected eclipse and your observations. Determine the speed of light due to the difference between the observed and expected time of eclipse. USEFUL TERMS YOU SHOULD REVIEW IN YOUR TEXTBOOK AND IN THIS MANUAL Astro