Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Jupiter Today | 18 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814151356.94 km from the Sun.
    17308.62 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 721.19 km/h
        (2.41 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 961937010.17 km from the Earth.
    240302.80 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 10012.62 km/h
        (1335.02 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420308.12 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421615.97 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423030.90 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423514.89 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422709.21 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676953.94 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675539.58 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673259.76 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670547.48 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 667923.55 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069408.44 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1069918.14 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070447.37 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070969.50 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071463.30 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1890502.88 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1889388.26 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1888220.98 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1887016.80 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1885785.19 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4826752.67 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4727711.76 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4626109.01 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4521844.90 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4414800.16 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 17 hours 12 minutes UTC at a distance of 423526.95 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 8 hours 48.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 8 hours 57.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 11 hours 0.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 11 hours 8.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 22 hours 6.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 22 hours 24.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 5 hours 23.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 6 hours 6.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 7 hours 40.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 8 hours 6.0 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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