Distances:
At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815412329.82 km from the Sun.
11115.13 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of -463.13 km/h
(-3.24 km/h slower than yesterday)
At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 837761689.16 km from the Earth.
2256941.41 km further from the Earth than yesterday
Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 94039.23 km/h
(314.54 km/h slower than yesterday)
Positions and Motion:
At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420952.58 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422469.29 km from Jupiter.
===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423459.93 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 423202.84 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421883.43 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 676213.69 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 674367.29 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 671887.24 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 669244.88 km from Jupiter.
===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666949.19 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068923.35 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068437.60 km from Jupiter.
===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068055.00 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067792.96 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067661.06 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892789.03 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893618.26 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894345.32 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894959.33 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895457.37 km from Jupiter.
At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6175092.16 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6240339.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6304117.48 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6366448.74 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6427350.36 km from Jupiter.
Io goes through an apojove at 13 hours 50 minutes UTC at a distance of 423524.54 km.
Audio:
Events:
Io Occultation disappears at 17 hours 9.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 20 hours 35.3 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 1 hour 51.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 1 hour 54.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 4 hours 16.0 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.
'Jupiter Today' is a daily blog focusing attention on the dynamic Jupiter system for the purpose of monitoring activity. Please join me every day as I provide a report on events taking place over the next 24 hours at, and in the environment of, our solar system's largest planet.
Published every day sometime between 0h and 3h UTC.
Data used on this page is provided by JPL's HORIZONS ephemeris generator.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Jupiter Today | 31 December 2017
Distances: At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 812674454.45 km from the Sun. 22550.82 km closer to the Sun than yesterday Moving towards ...
-
Distances: At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815043945.59 km from the Sun. 13254.07 km closer to the Sun than yesterday Moving towards ...
-
Distances: At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815366841.60 km from the Sun. 11525.61 km closer to the Sun than yesterday Moving towards ...
-
Distances: At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 816116433.28 km from the Sun. At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 673046010.07 km from the Earth. Position...
No comments:
Post a Comment