Monday, August 28, 2017

Jupiter Today | 29 August 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814934716.97 km from the Sun.
    13862.15 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 577.59 km/h
        (5.58 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 913448007.65 km from the Earth.
    1650390.01 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 68766.25 km/h
        (948.86 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422008.16 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420556.74 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420008.24 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420785.16 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422289.60 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675123.57 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676671.89 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677136.20 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676411.16 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674650.19 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069138.09 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069651.25 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070208.40 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070779.06 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071330.88 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1890218.31 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1889101.53 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1887916.70 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1886681.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1885415.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3531747.07 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3394433.83 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3252190.71 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3104595.35 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 2951153.50 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 11 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 420002.08 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 11 hours 20 minutes UTC at a distance of 677143.72 km.

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Events:

Io Eclipse reappears at 0 hours 38.8 minutes
Io Transit begins at 18 hours 42.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 19 hours 36.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 20 hours 54.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 21 hours 46.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 0 hours 55.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 2 hours 14.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 4 hours 19.0 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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