Friday, July 28, 2017

Jupiter Today | 29 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815332080.19 km from the Sun.
    11543.19 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 480.97 km/h
        (3.66 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 853299788.82 km from the Earth.
    2188473.06 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 91186.38 km/h
        (462.90 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420680.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422164.48 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423346.55 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423362.78 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422200.44 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676475.78 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674794.21 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 672397.25 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 669741.14 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 667336.35 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069104.62 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068576.27 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068147.59 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067840.37 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067668.23 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1878721.30 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1877507.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1876346.87 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1875249.87 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1874221.28 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7514885.36 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7546236.40 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7576580.21 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7605922.09 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7634259.30 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 15 hours 4 minutes UTC at a distance of 423524.72 km.

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Events:

Io Transit ends at 0 hours 0.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 1 hour 10.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 19 hours 6.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 22 hours 30.4 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 2 hours 3.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 4 hours 31.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 4 hours 33.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 6 hours 53.0 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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