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Jupiter Today | 20 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815057199.66 km from the Sun.
    13221.93 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 550.91 km/h
        (4.78 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 897802663.72 km from the Earth.
    1843415.41 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 76808.98 km/h
        (820.63 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423024.17 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421599.10 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420289.65 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420079.96 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421130.04 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 668684.90 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666526.44 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665249.12 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665106.99 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666128.62 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068224.95 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068032.31 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067950.83 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067978.78 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068113.47 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1872569.07 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1873511.18 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1874547.03 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1875663.70 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1876843.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6654946.49 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6599451.53 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6542617.15 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6484419.42 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6424843.12 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 15 hours 55 minutes UTC at a distance of 419995.37 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 15 hours 43 minutes UTC at a distance of 665020.18 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 13 hours 26 minutes UTC at a distance of 1067947.70 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 1 hour 3.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 4 hours 15.4 minutes
Io Transit begins at 22 hours 13.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 23 hours 13.0 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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