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Jupiter Today | 10 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816040109.66 km from the Sun.
5960.43 km closer than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 248.35 km/h

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 687672849.22 km from the Earth.
1292787.90 km further than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 53866.16 km/h

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421651.26 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420331.07 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420077.33 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421080.94 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422587.14 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666787.40 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665286.01 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664945.93 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665840.24 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667772.58 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071939.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071601.02 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071207.94 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070778.13 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070332.86 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868795.86 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868930.59 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869180.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869544.64 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870028.05 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 10 hours 8 minutes UTC at a distance of 420009.69 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 10 hours 38 minutes UTC at a distance of 664912.97 km.

Events:

Io Transit begins at 6 hours 48.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 31.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 8 hours 59.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 42.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 3 hours 46.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 7 hours 37.4 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 0 hours 34.3 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 2 hours 56.2 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





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