Monday, October 2, 2017

Jupiter Today | 03 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814404732.16 km from the Sun.
    16258.75 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 677.45 km/h
        (2.17 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 955029455.66 km from the Earth.
    706960.00 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 29456.67 km/h
        (1256.49 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423288.39 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422046.89 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420589.93 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420010.29 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420755.62 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 672858.28 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675204.36 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676758.61 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677215.35 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676471.17 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068316.84 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068675.77 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069124.60 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069640.18 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1070194.18 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1882465.52 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1881172.30 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1879891.40 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1878625.33 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1877381.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7885800.51 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7868331.74 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7849918.54 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7830547.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7810214.63 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 17 hours 36 minutes UTC at a distance of 420007.03 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 17 hours 16 minutes UTC at a distance of 677224.37 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 7 hours 37.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 10 hours 11.3 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 0 hours 26.9 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 20 hours 26.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 22 hours 9.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 22 hours 49.0 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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