Monday, August 7, 2017

Jupiter Today | 08 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815211376.08 km from the Sun.
    12431.45 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 517.98 km/h
        (5.88 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 874472867.14 km from the Earth.
    2053415.84 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 85558.99 km/h
        (634.31 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421061.85 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420062.57 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420347.52 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421694.52 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423090.48 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676122.30 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677052.46 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676813.65 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675457.05 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673253.16 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070238.15 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070853.22 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071449.91 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071994.67 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072456.17 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893842.94 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894548.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895165.49 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895686.78 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896101.14 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8027916.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8022043.21 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8015260.18 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 8007579.45 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7999010.98 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 7 hours 45 minutes UTC at a distance of 420001.84 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 7 hours 48 minutes UTC at a distance of 677106.63 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 12 hours 46.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 13 hours 52.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 14 hours 57.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 16 hours 2.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 18 hours 8.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 20 hours 27.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 20 hours 37.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 22 hours 48.0 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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