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Jupiter Today | 20 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814116380.71 km from the Sun.
    17540.04 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 730.84 km/h
        (4.33 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 962320938.07 km from the Earth.
    175834.16 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 7326.42 km/h
        (1344.15 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421517.29 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422965.65 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423522.82 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422785.98 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421297.30 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666589.64 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668903.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 671629.40 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 674234.70 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676223.60 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072759.74 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072836.62 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072798.37 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072642.93 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072374.45 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1880668.26 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1879390.89 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1878149.74 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1876960.14 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1875830.41 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3955732.98 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3832355.95 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3705120.93 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3573763.02 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3437968.91 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 11 hours 33 minutes UTC at a distance of 423526.72 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 7 hours 2 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072838.35 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 3 hours 18.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 3 hours 25.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 5 hours 30.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 5 hours 36.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 16 hours 21.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 18 hours 55.8 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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