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Jupiter Today | 14 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816015777.32 km from the Sun.
    6219.79 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 259.16 km/h (2.12 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 693193478.23 km from the Earth.
    1431443.16 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 59643.47 km/h (1411.46 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420047.06 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420943.65 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422446.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423438.67 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423197.26 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 664941.83 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665684.44 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667477.15 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 669964.44 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 672660.74 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069507.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069919.70 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070349.68 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070782.39 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071202.50 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882722.57 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1884048.63 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1885352.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1886624.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1887862.41 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 19 hours 54 minutes UTC at a distance of 423507.00 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 16 hours 52.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 19 hours 52.6 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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