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Jupiter Todaty | 03 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816079863.17 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 679395520.13 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421337.58 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420172.57 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420193.08 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421383.58 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422851.04 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666402.01 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665106.57 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665012.76 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666139.15 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668240.60 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071733.38 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071332.09 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070894.81 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070442.23 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069995.54 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1894694.24 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1893969.05 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1893149.31 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1892241.88 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1891249.15 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 8 hours 55 minutes UTC at a distance of 420010.61 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 9 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 664898.08 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 5 hours 3.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 5 hours 37.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 7 hours 13.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 7 hours 48.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 1 hour 29.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 5 hours 3.5 minutes






Earth direction along green line to the left
 
Sun direction along blue line to the left
 
Orbits as seen from above.  Moons orbit counter-clockwise.  Black dots represent location of respective moon at 0h, 6h, 12h, 18h, and 24h UTC.
 
Purple path: Io
Blue path: Europa
Yellow path: Ganymede
Red path: Callisto


Orbital Ribbons: These are the spacial and temporal connections between the four Jovian Moons


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