Friday, August 4, 2017

Jupiter Today | 05 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815248365.23 km from the Sun.
    12119.03 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 504.96 km/h
        (2.79 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 868267407.76 km from the Earth.
    2097943.77 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 87414.32 km/h
        (581.16 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420445.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421847.65 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423183.05 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423471.52 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422502.41 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676691.92 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 675194.20 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 672904.31 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 670258.79 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 667765.31 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069240.46 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068712.61 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068275.54 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1067949.90 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1067748.70 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880138.70 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1881444.32 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882748.96 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1884040.42 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1885313.15 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8028188.10 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 8033092.48 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8037108.61 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8040237.79 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8042471.78 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 16 hours 18 minutes UTC at a distance of 423526.79 km.

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Events:

Io Shadow Transit begins at 0 hours 55.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 1 hour 58.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 3 hours 5.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 21 hours 4.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 4 hours 46.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 8.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 7 hours 16.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 30.0 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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