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Jupiter Today | 16 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815478544.71 km from the Sun.
    10714.86 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 446.45 km/h
        (6.96 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 824116090.76 km from the Earth.
    2295074.03 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 95628.08 km/h
        (194.70 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421562.35 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420273.06 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420096.00 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421167.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422677.07 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666580.17 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665276.91 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665104.57 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666098.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668059.86 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067868.94 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067910.45 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068064.92 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068325.37 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068685.93 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869187.89 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869464.28 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1869855.91 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870352.77 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870950.46 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4043034.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4160256.16 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4274172.71 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4384965.13 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4492796.30 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 9 hours 47 minutes UTC at a distance of 419999.72 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 9 hours 52 minutes UTC at a distance of 665028.94 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 0 hours 53 minutes UTC at a distance of 1067867.67 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 12 hours 25.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 13 hours 39.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 14 hours 36.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 15 hours 49.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 15 hours 7.0 minutes
Europa Occultation reappears at 17 hours 37.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse disappears at 17 hours 39.6 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 20 hours 2.4 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 21 hours 4.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 23 hours 38.0 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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