Friday, December 22, 2017

Jupiter Today | 23 December 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 812851991.26 km from the Sun.
    21934.37 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 913.93 km/h
        (3.18 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 908170651.18 km from the Earth.
    1756954.87 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 73206.45 km/h
        (1019.09 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423474.55 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422565.55 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421065.49 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420081.73 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 420367.12 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 672096.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 674717.25 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 676630.46 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 677472.64 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 677068.26 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072457.67 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072631.17 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072690.95 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072637.26 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072477.49 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893327.37 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1892510.64 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1891613.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1890632.94 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1889571.55 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4630081.30 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4731499.73 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4830375.16 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 4926799.04 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5020851.80 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 19 hours 44 minutes UTC at a distance of 420022.81 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 19 hours 5 minutes UTC at a distance of 677493.14 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 12 hours 7 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072690.97 km.

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Events:

Io Eclipse disappears at 17 hours 47.2 minutes
Io Occultation reappears at 20 hours 50.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse disappears at 15 hours 59.3 minutes
Europa Occultation reappears at 20 hours 7.0 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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