Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Jupiter Today | 17 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815096675.20 km from the Sun.
    13097.09 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 545.71 km/h
        (7.29 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 892213918.65 km from the Earth.
    1901017.29 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 79209.05 km/h
        (771.04 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420199.50 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420128.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421276.96 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422781.90 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423529.92 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665176.63 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665147.22 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666309.48 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668413.40 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 671028.01 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072961.06 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072895.43 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072712.83 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072423.09 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072039.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869840.47 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869402.91 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869075.22 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868864.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1868780.64 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7224346.96 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7183335.90 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7141202.62 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7097943.94 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7053548.89 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 3 hours 19 minutes UTC at a distance of 419988.16 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 3 hours 9 minutes UTC at a distance of 665006.55 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 9 hours 14.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 10 hours 15.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 11 hours 25.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 12 hours 25.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 15 hours 10.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 19 hours 38.6 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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