Monday, August 14, 2017

Jupiter Today | 15 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815122694.35 km from the Sun.
    12852.32 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 535.51 km/h
        (6.06 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 888393379.11 km from the Earth.
    1937561.84 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 80731.74 km/h
        (738.26 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421368.20 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420176.01 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420180.27 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421375.84 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422856.31 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675825.64 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676971.03 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676968.19 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675814.27 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673743.25 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069941.16 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070504.45 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071067.48 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071599.10 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072068.94 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1877022.71 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1875856.10 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1874736.79 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1873678.50 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872699.72 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7513508.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7481045.99 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7447535.12 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7412979.41 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7377382.78 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 8 hours 59 minutes UTC at a distance of 420002.47 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 8 hours 59 minutes UTC at a distance of 677119.97 km.

Audio:



Events:

Io Transit begins at 14 hours 44.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 15 hours 47.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 16 hours 56.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 17 hours 57.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 20 hours 53.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 23 hours 3.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 23 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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