Saturday, May 6, 2017

Jupiter Today - 07 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816057754.28 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 683903021.14 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420136.23 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421235.50 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422721.53 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423495.95 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422995.23 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664982.98 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665958.57 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667928.79 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670504.98 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673187.21 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069828.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070257.72 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070689.18 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071108.00 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071498.45 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1876284.84 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1875140.38 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1874073.68 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1873092.34 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872197.73 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 18 hours 41 minutes UTC at a distance of 423504.89 km.

Events:
Io Occultation disappears at 15 hours 5.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 17 hours 57.8 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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