Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Jupiter Today | 27 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815355254.53 km from the Sun.
    11587.07 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 482.79 km/h
        (2.56 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 848911733.09 km from the Earth.
    2210357.00 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 92098.21 km/h
        (428.73 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 419993.46 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420731.05 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422233.88 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423383.86 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423338.17 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665035.57 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665721.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 667473.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 669924.71 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 672588.38 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073153.49 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072923.56 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072573.21 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1072118.93 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071579.76 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1888593.83 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1887420.15 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1886214.36 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1884988.55 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1883748.31 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7226070.93 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7265937.91 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7304714.76 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7342416.49 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7379047.56 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 20 hours 48 minutes UTC at a distance of 423532.70 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 3 hours 20.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 4 hours 31.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 5 hours 31.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 6 hours 41.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 7 hours 5.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 11 hours 54.3 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 15 hours 25.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 18 hours 1.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 20 hours 30.6 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 22 hours 41.2 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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