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Jupiter Today | 22 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814081145.98 km from the Sun.
    17575.04 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 732.29 km/h
        (3.53 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 962575743.88 km from the Earth.
    111311.17 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 4637.97 km/h
        (1340.97 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422908.34 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423518.87 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422837.70 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421359.95 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420175.64 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673414.21 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 670724.25 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 668095.98 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666039.02 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664959.49 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070558.96 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070043.06 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069549.51 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069097.69 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068703.78 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871957.60 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871189.75 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870531.58 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869994.31 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869581.42 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 2842285.16 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 2677574.83 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 2505067.65 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 2323675.47 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 2131986.30 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 5 hours 49 minutes UTC at a distance of 423519.46 km.

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Events:

Io Transit ends at 0 hours 0.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 0 hours 5.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 19 hours 10.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 21 hours 24.9 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 11 hours 31.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 11 hours 42.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 13 hours 54.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 14 hours 1.0 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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