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Jupiter Today | 30 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815320386.33 km from the Sun.
    11693.86 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 487.24 km/h
        (6.27 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 855476469.32 km from the Earth.
    2176680.50 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 90695.02 km/h
        (491.36 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422200.44 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420708.07 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 419998.39 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420612.21 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422081.07 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667336.35 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665653.22 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665026.13 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665580.82 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667205.97 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067668.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067635.75 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067738.45 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067966.20 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068309.11 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1874221.28 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1873261.64 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872372.77 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871562.25 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870844.22 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7634259.30 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7661589.13 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7687916.60 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7713256.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7737626.68 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 12 hours 14 minutes UTC at a distance of 419997.31 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 12 hours 11 minutes UTC at a distance of 665025.55 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 4 hours 24 minutes UTC at a distance of 1067630.85 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 16 hours 18.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 17 hours 29.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 18 hours 30.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 19 hours 38.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 20 hours 25.0 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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