Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Jupiter Today | 26 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814027947.13 km from the Sun.
    17804.91 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 741.87 km/h
        (4.20 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 962715317.39 km from the Earth.
    14123.13 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away from the Earth at a radial velocity of 588.46 km/h
        (1351.39 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420154.35 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 421301.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422789.46 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423523.41 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422962.51 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677126.14 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675923.17 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673780.84 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671107.02 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668413.27 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069083.40 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1069576.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070112.47 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070663.55 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071207.11 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870603.08 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1871275.09 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1872038.00 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1872879.31 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1873793.68 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 584637.61 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 939317.93 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 1234062.13 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 1493741.48 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 1729215.36 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 18 hours 26 minutes UTC at a distance of 423527.05 km.

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Events:

Io Transit begins at 10 hours 49.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 10 hours 51.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 13 hours 1.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 13 hours 2.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit begins at 9 hours 51.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit begins at 10 hours 5.0 minutes
Ganymede Shadow Transit ends at 12 hours 3.0 minutes
Ganymede Transit ends at 12 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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