Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Jupiter Today | 05 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814371945.91 km from the Sun.
    16489.93 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 687.08 km/h
        (8.07 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 956352437.20 km from the Earth.
    646249.50 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 26927.06 km/h
        (1270.11 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422116.20 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420637.43 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 419993.36 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420669.61 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422157.52 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 667051.58 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665414.21 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664905.21 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665638.42 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667455.02 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072203.12 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072540.22 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072776.77 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072900.92 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072907.87 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872975.62 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1872088.99 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871297.53 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870600.75 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870002.69 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7719384.52 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7694284.38 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7668198.70 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7641119.58 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 7613048.20 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 11 hours 55 minutes UTC at a distance of 419993.24 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 11 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 664899.89 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 21 hours 21 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072919.33 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 2 hours 7.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 4 hours 39.9 minutes
Io Transit begins at 23 hours 15.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 23 hours 37.0 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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