Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Jupiter Today | 25 May 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815942475.20 km from the Sun.
    6970.89 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Accelerating towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 290.45 km/h (0.99 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 711013012.24 km from the Earth.
    1766315.41 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Accelerating away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 73596.48 km/h (1144.97 km/h faster than yesterday)

Position and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421985.65 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423254.06 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423421.52 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422370.17 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420871.09 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666934.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 669289.82 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671980.53 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674484.79 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676328.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071122.88 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070632.47 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070128.77 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069631.52 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069162.62 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871237.44 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870581.13 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870044.75 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869626.93 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869322.43 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 9 hours 45 minutes UTC at a distance of 423517.14 km.

Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 7 hours 34.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 10 hours 45.1 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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