Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Jupiter Today | 11 May 2017 | Mostly East


Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816034129.84 km from the Sun.
5979.82 km closer than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 249.16 km/h

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 689001150.24 km from the Earth.
1328301.02 km further than yesterday, moving at a radial velocity of 55345.88 km/h

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422587.14 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423479.88 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423108.48 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421749.00 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420398.20 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 667772.58 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670342.42 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673040.42 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675348.20 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676828.62 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070332.86 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069892.41 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069474.39 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069094.61 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068771.81 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870028.05 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870634.21 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871361.36 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1872200.03 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1873134.36 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 7 hours 18 minutes UTC at a distance of 423512.21 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 3 hours 58.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 6 hours 55.2 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 22 hours 8.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 23 hours 40.0 minutes








 


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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