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If I'm doing my math correctly, Io covers about 0.06% as many degrees of our vision from Earth as the moon does. (I'm not good at this math, but I'm trying.)

Io Diameter 2263.8 miles

Jupiter Distance to Earth 444000000 miles

Perp / Base 0.000005098648649

Radians 0.000005098648649

Degrees 0.0002922792219

Arc Seconds 1.052205199

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Moon Diameter 2159.1 miles

Moon Distance to Earth 238900 miles

Perp / Base 0.009037672666

Radians 0.009037426614

Degrees 0.5180690416

Arc Seconds 1865.04855




The moon and Io are roughly the same diameter, so you can just divide Io's distance by the moon's distance to get the ratio of their perceived size without futzing with angles or geometry.


Good point! With that shortcut, yeah, it's about 0.05% of the apparent diameter. So the math seems to check out.




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