Monday, June 26, 2017

Jupiter Today | 27 June 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815670626.02 km from the Sun.
    9348.66 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 389.53 km/h
        (2.36 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 780209811.77 km from the Earth.
    2294938.60 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 95622.44 km/h
        (238.97 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420013.45 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420596.68 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422050.59 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423291.51 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423410.40 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677116.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676674.73 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675145.36 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 672827.37 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 670160.08 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071780.85 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072183.26 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072499.39 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072709.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072805.12 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872463.61 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871602.45 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870838.97 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870189.33 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869664.17 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6897969.80 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6848387.22 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6797587.24 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6745554.97 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6692263.60 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 0 hours 23 minutes UTC at a distance of 420010.61 km.
Io goes through an apojove at 21 hours 32 minutes UTC at a distance of 423526.06 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 0 hours 46 minutes UTC at a distance of 677126.54 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 1 hour 10.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 2 hours 24.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 3 hours 21.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 4 hours 34.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 22 hours 23.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 2 hours 7.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 4 hours 37.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 4 hours 43.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 7 hours 6.0 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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