Sunday, October 1, 2017

Jupiter Today | 02 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814420990.91 km from the Sun.
    16206.63 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 675.28 km/h
        (3.20 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 954322495.66 km from the Earth.
    737115.88 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 30713.16 km/h
        (1253.15 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420009.76 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420808.78 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422313.76 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423405.79 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423288.39 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 664939.44 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665774.25 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667639.43 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670164.88 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 672858.28 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068003.39 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067908.44 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067927.36 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068064.27 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068316.84 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1887629.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1886367.02 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1885073.68 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1883768.45 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1882465.52 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7946442.88 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7932666.34 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7917963.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7902341.00 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7885800.51 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 20 hours 28 minutes UTC at a distance of 423521.60 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 8 hours 2 minutes UTC at a distance of 1067901.76 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 10 hours 15.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 10 hours 40.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 12 hours 27.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 12 hours 50.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 21 hours 16.0 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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