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Jupiter Today | 12 June 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815804011.70 km from the Sun.
    8327.62 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 346.98 km/h (6.79 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 746688923.68 km from the Earth.
    2140483.20 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 89186.80 km/h (631.07 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423502.04 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423023.64 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421613.84 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420309.42 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420097.92 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670549.37 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673192.10 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675424.12 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676820.91 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677101.97 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070349.10 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070908.89 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071450.33 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071947.50 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072374.41 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869060.57 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868982.09 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869035.10 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869210.03 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869497.02 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7993362.71 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8002510.28 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8010740.16 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8018054.31 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8024464.65 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 0 hours 48 minutes UTC at a distance of 423514.35 km.
Io goes through an perijove at 21 hours 56 minutes UTC at a distance of 420013.87 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 22 hours 24 minutes UTC at a distance of 677144.56 km.
Callisto goes through an perijove at 6 hours 31 minutes UTC at a distance of 1868981.59 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 0 hours 9.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 3 hours 32.9 minutes
Io Transit begins at 21 hours 25.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 22 hours 35.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 23 hours 36.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 21 hours 2.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 23 hours 28.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 23 hours 30.0 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.  Black dot indicates location of Jupiter




Distances and motion between Moons: Position, Velocity, Acceleration, Jerk, Jounce, and Crackle.












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