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Jupiter Today | 16 June 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815769897.90 km from the Sun.
    8587.12 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 357.80 km/h (1.21 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 755391198.31 km from the Earth.
    2195479.16 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 91478.30 km/h (536.74 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421779.43 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420409.60 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420053.40 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420988.46 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422498.78 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675312.85 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676767.09 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 677112.54 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676275.51 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674436.20 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069502.05 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068987.53 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068541.67 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068190.62 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067954.55 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880476.91 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1881785.42 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1883107.34 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1884421.26 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1885707.81 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8031748.90 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8026488.10 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8020316.01 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8013245.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8005284.10 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 10 hours 35 minutes UTC at a distance of 420013.57 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 10 hours 44 minutes UTC at a distance of 677139.77 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 10 hours 21.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 11 hours 32.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 12 hours 32.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 13 hours 42.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 10 hours 18.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 12 hours 47.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 12 hours 47.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 15 hours 11.0 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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