The gas giants — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — can all have total solar eclipses, as they have large moons and the sun appears small to them, Cuk said. But because these planets are made of gas, it would be impossible to stand on them and see such solar eclipses, he said. read more
When we have a lunar eclipse, the Moon experiences a solar eclipse. Unlike the solar eclipses on earth, those on the Moon can last for hours. Since one side of the Moon is permanently facing Earth, eclipses can be seen only on that side. Somebody living on the other side wouldn't know that Earth exists at all! This also applies to almost all the moons in the Solar System. read more
Because Jupiter's moons orbit on the same plane as the sun, the planet can have solar eclipses, Cuk and Van Laerhoven said. In fact, if you could land on one of Jupiter's moons, you could see its other moons eclipse the sun, the astronomers said. read more