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Jupiter Today | 22 December 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 812873925.63 km from the Sun.
    21857.95 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 910.75 km/h
        (7.24 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 909927606.05 km from the Earth.
    1732496.53 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 72187.36 km/h
        (1037.35 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420047.06 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420402.27 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421768.87 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 423125.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 423474.55 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664663.67 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665122.78 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666773.18 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 669265.46 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 672096.82 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070920.91 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071393.20 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071820.12 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072181.47 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072457.67 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895699.00 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895261.17 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894711.33 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894062.91 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893327.37 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4196505.22 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4309371.35 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4419154.82 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4526009.70 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4630081.30 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 1 hours 25 minutes UTC at a distance of 420008.45 km.
Io goes through an apojove at 22 hours 35 minutes UTC at a distance of 423512.51 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 0 hours 53 minutes UTC at a distance of 664649.37 km.

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Events:

Io Occultation reappears at 2 hours 21.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 20 hours 31.0 minutes
Io Transit begins at 21 hours 24.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 22 hours 42.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 23 hours 34.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 1 hour 27.0 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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