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Jupiter Today | 08 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816051957.56 km from the Sun.

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 685123287.43 km from the Earth.

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422995.23 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421583.52 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420300.91 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420118.06 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421175.32 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673187.21 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675462.48 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676895.73 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677196.95 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676301.07 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071498.45 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071844.51 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072129.98 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072339.17 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072458.22 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872197.73 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871389.27 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870669.36 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870046.74 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869535.42 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 15 hours 48 minutes UTC at a distance of 420024.68 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 16 hours 29 minutes UTC at a distance of 677236.22 km.

Events:
Io Transit begins at 12 hours 22.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 13 hours 3.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 14 hours 32.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 15 hours 14.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 8 hours 57.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 10 hours 21.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 11 hours 23.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 12 hours 47.0 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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