Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Jupiter Today | 09 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815198860.93 km from the Sun.
    12515.15 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 521.46 km/h
        (3.48 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 876510751.27 km from the Earth.
    2037884.13 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 84911.84 km/h
        (647.15 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423090.48 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423511.26 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422645.52 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421123.89 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420072.69 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 673253.16 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 670619.79 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 668061.28 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666082.19 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665090.15 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072456.17 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072811.11 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073046.44 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073154.47 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073131.39 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896101.14 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896395.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896562.46 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896600.07 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896514.86 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7999010.98 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7989554.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7979200.47 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7967933.21 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7955742.79 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 4 hours 54 minutes UTC at a distance of 423534.46 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 19 hours 57 minutes UTC at a distance of 1073161.43 km.
Callisto goes through an apojove at 16 hours 47 minutes UTC at a distance of 1896602.64 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 10 hours 4.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 13 hours 23.0 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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