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Jupiter Today | 14 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814220308.87 km from the Sun.
    17242.00 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 718.42 km/h
        (4.78 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 960784073.66 km from the Earth.
    367580.27 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 15315.84 km/h
        (1315.47 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420997.40 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420050.88 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420396.40 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421767.46 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 423130.52 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676491.19 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677250.88 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676801.76 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675240.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 672878.90 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072125.11 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071710.69 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071237.57 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070731.18 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070216.98 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894770.58 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895329.05 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895781.53 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896132.07 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896378.60 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6126394.08 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 6058552.31 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5989120.79 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5918068.84 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5845370.66 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 7 hours 29 minutes UTC at a distance of 420007.79 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 6 hours 47 minutes UTC at a distance of 677261.60 km.

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Events:

Io Eclipse reappears at 1 hour 2.5 minutes
Io Transit begins at 19 hours 47.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 20 hours 0.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 21 hours 59.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 22 hours 10.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 15 hours 22.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 18 hours 21.5 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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