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Jupiter Today | 24 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815003383.57 km from the Sun.
    13670.11 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 569.59 km/h
        (8.15 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 904971898.36 km from the Earth.
    1760824.91 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 73367.70 km/h
        (886.31 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420377.00 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420028.45 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420974.02 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422502.47 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423479.31 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665321.47 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665052.53 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665997.37 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667950.23 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670506.28 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072900.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072931.79 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072850.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072659.45 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072366.53 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891721.61 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892672.72 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893539.97 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894311.85 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894974.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5592295.47 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5512000.78 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5429810.15 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5345677.08 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5259545.97 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 4 hours 32 minutes UTC at a distance of 419986.50 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 4 hours 18 minutes UTC at a distance of 665002.95 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 4 hours 39 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072934.67 km.

Audio:




Events:

Io Transit begins at 11 hours 13.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 12 hours 10.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 13 hours 24.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 14 hours 20.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 17 hours 55.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 22 hours 13.5 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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