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Jupiter Today | 15 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814203160.51 km from the Sun.
    17148.36 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 714.52 km/h
        (3.90 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 961120139.86 km from the Earth.
    336066.20 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 14002.76 km/h
        (1313.08 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423130.52 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423483.97 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422570.57 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421056.12 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420062.79 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 672878.90 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670166.89 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 667624.34 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665746.70 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664905.56 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070216.98 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069718.66 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069257.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068850.03 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068511.52 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896378.60 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896513.28 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896526.37 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896411.41 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896169.33 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5845370.66 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5770995.70 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5694901.50 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5617033.30 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 5537330.43 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 4 hours 36 minutes UTC at a distance of 423521.32 km.
Callisto goes through an apojove at 9 hours 38 minutes UTC at a distance of 1896536.27 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 17 hours 9.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 19 hours 31.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 8 hours 42.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 9 hours 7.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 11 hours 6.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 11 hours 26.0 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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