Monday, August 21, 2017

Jupiter Today | 21 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815043945.59 km from the Sun.
    13254.07 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 552.25 km/h
        (1.34 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 899626081.05 km from the Earth.
    1823417.33 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 75975.72 km/h
        (833.26 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421130.04 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422645.63 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423505.52 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423083.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421685.99 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666128.62 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668110.27 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 670661.06 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 673285.96 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675483.69 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068113.47 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068353.04 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068691.16 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069115.64 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069608.53 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1876843.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1878066.97 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1879322.69 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1880603.87 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1881907.76 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6424843.12 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6363874.91 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6301494.06 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6237668.13 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6172356.13 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 13 hours 5 minutes UTC at a distance of 423528.18 km.

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Events:

Io Transit ends at 0 hours 25.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 1 hour 23.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 19 hours 33.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 22 hours 44.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 4 hours 32.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 8 hours 56.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 18 hours 3.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 20 hours 36.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 22 hours 14.0 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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