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Jupiter Today | 01 June 2017

Happy June!

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815891257.95 km from the Sun.
    7556.63 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 314.86 km/h (1.39 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 724084358.12 km from the Earth.
    1938077.93 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 80753.25 km/h (937.05 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421668.25 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423066.13 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423499.97 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422656.43 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421155.80 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666556.88 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668778.68 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671437.46 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674014.02 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676017.37 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071394.83 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070855.44 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070293.57 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069732.47 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069196.54 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1889103.83 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1890192.82 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891207.97 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892148.15 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893014.04 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6619519.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6674581.46 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6728343.65 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6780814.79 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6832008.38 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 10 hours 58 minutes UTC at a distance of 423520.14 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 9 hours 23.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 12 hours 40.2 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.  Black dot indicates location of Jupiter



 

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