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Jupiter Today | 04 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815602816.75 km from the Sun.
    9926.58 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 413.61 km/h
        (3.08 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 796380991.19 km from the Earth.
    2317423.32 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 96559.31 km/h
        (61.77 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420059.21 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420376.28 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421732.85 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423110.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423499.46 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677052.18 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676843.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675511.04 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 673320.16 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 670686.33 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071460.72 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071908.53 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072287.27 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072575.82 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072761.13 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1887504.70 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1888742.08 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1889922.23 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891024.95 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892036.56 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4958395.38 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4862697.67 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4764589.37 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4663977.89 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4560750.23 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 1 hours 36 minutes UTC at a distance of 420008.50 km.
Io goes through an apojove at 22 hours 46 minutes UTC at a distance of 423528.95 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 1 hours 57 minutes UTC at a distance of 677116.11 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 3 hours 4.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 4 hours 19.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 5 hours 15.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 6 hours 28.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 4 hours 43.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 7 hours 13.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 21.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 43.0 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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