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Jupiter Today | 14 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815135546.67 km from the Sun.
    12706.83 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 529.45 km/h
        (0.28 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 886455817.27 km from the Earth.
    1955280.12 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 81470.00 km/h
        (717.14 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421439.83 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422906.27 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423526.26 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422849.61 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421368.20 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666460.14 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668589.86 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 671194.01 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 673769.16 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675825.64 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068212.93 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068524.94 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068928.12 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069407.13 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069941.16 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1882071.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1880759.85 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1879476.82 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1878230.23 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1877022.71 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7633110.29 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7604712.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7575324.23 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7544929.52 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7513508.82 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 11 hours 52 minutes UTC at a distance of 423526.63 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 17 hours 33.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 20 hours 49.2 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 1 hour 49.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 6 hours 21.1 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 13 hours 46.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 16 hours 19.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 18 hours 15.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 20 hours 22.0 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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