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Jupiter Today | 12 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814254678.20 km from the Sun.
    17033.60 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 709.73 km/h
        (7.40 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 960017341.83 km from the Earth.
    430546.19 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 17939.42 km/h
        (1305.45 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422424.60 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420904.24 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420018.70 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420434.43 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421838.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 667475.97 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665643.52 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664889.85 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665382.15 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 667014.48 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071879.91 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072257.34 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072549.82 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072744.20 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072833.72 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1886801.37 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1888035.71 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1889222.62 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1890356.92 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891427.89 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6616404.30 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6560022.78 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6502296.07 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6443196.14 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6382703.82 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 13 hours 9 minutes UTC at a distance of 419992.74 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 12 hours 39 minutes UTC at a distance of 664882.53 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 4 hours 8.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 6 hours 34.0 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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