Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Jupiter Today | 21 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814596259.20 km from the Sun.
    15567.13 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 648.63 km/h
        (9.91 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 944580955.36 km from the Earth.
    1060667.38 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 44194.47 km/h
        (1191.24 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421472.81 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420218.18 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420113.77 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421238.22 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422748.81 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666317.92 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665111.88 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665101.00 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666289.55 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668422.82 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072787.41 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1073062.87 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073210.47 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073223.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073102.20 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869295.19 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869632.30 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870093.47 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870665.88 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871338.26 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7652322.59 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7678989.47 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7704665.52 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7729361.79 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 7753094.91 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 9 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 419988.15 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 9 hours 3 minutes UTC at a distance of 664950.16 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 15 hours 34 minutes UTC at a distance of 1073234.45 km.

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Events:

Io Eclipse reappears at 0 hours 51.3 minutes
Io Transit begins at 19 hours 13.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 19 hours 48.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 21 hours 25.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 21 hours 58.0 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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