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Jupiter Today | 21 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815423444.95 km from the Sun.
    11193.00 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 466.37 km/h
        (2.52 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 835504747.75 km from the Earth.
    2264490.40 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 94353.77 km/h
        (297.01 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423165.85 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421816.21 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420426.08 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420037.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420952.58 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673084.28 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675329.19 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676751.40 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677069.38 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676213.69 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071328.28 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070724.71 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070099.42 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069487.52 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068923.35 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1888749.69 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1889846.24 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1890889.20 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891873.90 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892789.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5898592.91 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5970131.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6040034.02 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6108338.65 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6175092.16 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 16 hours 43 minutes UTC at a distance of 420004.62 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 16 hours 36 minutes UTC at a distance of 677102.06 km.

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Events:

Io Eclipse reappears at 2 hours 6.5 minutes
Io Transit begins at 19 hours 52.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 21 hours 5.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 22 hours 3.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 23 hours 15.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 23 hours 21.0 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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