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Jupiter Today | 11 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814271711.80 km from the Sun.
    16856.01 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 702.33 km/h
        (2.90 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 959586795.64 km from the Earth.
    461876.82 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 19244.87 km/h
        (1294.34 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420510.18 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421936.54 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423233.38 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423450.71 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422424.60 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676726.85 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675119.52 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 672727.82 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670005.13 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 667475.97 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069869.53 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070406.46 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070936.22 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071433.74 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071879.91 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1881527.14 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1882869.12 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1884207.72 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1885523.06 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1886801.37 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6829068.96 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6777791.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6725263.32 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6671474.27 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6616404.30 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 15 hours 59 minutes UTC at a distance of 423528.97 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 6 hours 46.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 3.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 8 hours 58.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 13.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 19 hours 17.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 19 hours 50.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 21 hours 42.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 22 hours 9.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 0 hours 54.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 2 hours 8.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 3 hours 14.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 4 hours 7.0 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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