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Jupiter Today | 24 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815389768.26 km from the Sun.
    11296.61 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 470.69 km/h
        (1.32 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 842250189.16 km from the Earth.
    2239875.01 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 93328.13 km/h
        (364.58 km/h slower than yesterday)

Distances and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422389.88 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423435.75 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423250.23 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421969.34 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420530.78 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667626.77 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 670091.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 672739.39 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675062.28 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676618.46 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068389.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1068844.17 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069380.45 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069974.89 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070599.23 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896350.55 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896290.56 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1896103.92 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1895789.44 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1895354.07 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6657135.62 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6711279.68 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6764146.09 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6815743.14 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6866081.48 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 8 hours 10 minutes UTC at a distance of 423525.00 km.
Callisto goes through an apojove at 0 hours 4 minutes UTC at a distance of 1896350.56 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 11 hours 38.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 15 hours 4.1 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 1 hour 9.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 3 hours 44.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 6 hours 17.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 8 hours 26.0 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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