Saturday, October 28, 2017

Jupiter Today | 29 October 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813955570.18 km from the Sun.
    18148.97 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 756.21 km/h
        (2.90 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 962447462.30 km from the Earth.
    115462.05 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 4810.92 km/h
        (1342.11 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422648.17 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423497.66 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423071.16 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421678.24 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420341.62 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 673925.93 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 671278.48 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668585.61 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666368.22 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665062.89 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1070893.02 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070329.16 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069774.67 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069252.74 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068783.68 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1888069.43 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1889231.00 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1890327.59 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1891346.32 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892281.97 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 3717079.16 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 3844042.40 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 3967167.86 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4086683.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4202784.53 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 7 hours 3 minutes UTC at a distance of 423518.91 km.

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Events:

Io Shadow Transit ends at 1 hour 59.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 2 hours 2.0 minutes
Io Eclipse disappears at 21 hours 8.3 minutes
Io Occultation reappears at 23 hours 22.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 14 hours 16.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 14 hours 20.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 16 hours 35.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 16 hours 43.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 0 hours 18.9 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 2 hours 35.0 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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