Thursday, August 24, 2017

Jupiter Today | 25 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814989684.03 km from the Sun.
    13699.54 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 570.81 km/h
        (1.22 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 906711264.90 km from the Earth.
    1739366.54 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 72473.61 km/h
        (894.09 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423479.31 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423192.00 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421856.01 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420450.03 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420026.40 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 670506.28 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 673159.02 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675399.03 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676802.15 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677091.23 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072366.53 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071980.46 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071514.19 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070989.27 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070434.88 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894974.83 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895518.10 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895937.70 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896237.21 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896424.32 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5259545.97 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5171346.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5080995.63 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4988404.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4893487.60 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 1 hours 43 minutes UTC at a distance of 423535.54 km.
Io goes through an perijove at 22 hours 52 minutes UTC at a distance of 420001.00 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 22 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 677131.63 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 8 hours 33.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 11 hours 41.5 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 8 hours 25.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 10 hours 59.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 12 hours 27.8 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 14 hours 34.5 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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