Thursday, July 6, 2017

Jupiter Today | 07 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815572445.18 km from the Sun.
    10146.09 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 422.75 km/h
        (1.67 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 803336589.47 km from the Earth.
    2318637.56 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 96609.90 km/h
        (3.86 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422691.31 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421186.42 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420107.41 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420276.56 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421564.47 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674043.26 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676009.46 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677021.11 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676869.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 675590.89 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070685.48 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070145.49 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069612.38 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069116.74 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068686.68 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896501.11 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896531.88 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896447.92 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1896257.88 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1895965.04 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3622869.82 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3488712.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3349878.92 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3205992.12 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3056614.02 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 14 hours 16 minutes UTC at a distance of 420007.10 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 14 hours 14 minutes UTC at a distance of 677104.84 km.
Callisto goes through an apojove at 4 hours 32 minutes UTC at a distance of 1896535.34 km.

Audio:



Events:

Io Transit begins at 16 hours 1.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 17 hours 16.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 18 hours 12.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 19 hours 26.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 18 hours 2.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 20 hours 32.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 20 hours 40.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 23 hours 2.0 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.











Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Jupiter Today | 06 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815582591.27 km from the Sun.
    10105.96 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 421.08 km/h
        (0.57 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 801017951.91 km from the Earth.
    2318730.25 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 96613.76 km/h
        (20.82 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 420308.38 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421633.57 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423049.64 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423513.61 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422691.31 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 665286.99 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 666635.71 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 668856.10 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 671497.22 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 674043.26 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072428.41 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1072092.82 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071678.93 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1071203.78 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070685.48 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895127.75 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895653.26 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896062.65 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896346.28 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1896501.11 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4118925.89 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4000484.13 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3878493.48 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3752724.75 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 3622912.35 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 17 hours 6 minutes UTC at a distance of 423528.97 km.

Audio:




Events:

Io Shadow Transit ends at 0 hours 57.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 18 hours 47.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 22 hours 16.1 minutes
Europa Occultation reappears at 1 hour 44.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse disappears at 1 hour 47.5 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 4 hours 10.7 minutes
Ganymede Occultation disappears at 3 hours 11.0 minutes
Ganymede Occultation reappears at 5 hours 46.0 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse disappears at 8 hours 30.8 minutes
Ganymede Eclipse reappears at 10 hours 44.4 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.











Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Jupiter Today | 05 July 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 815592697.23 km from the Sun.
    10119.52 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 421.65 km/h
        (8.04 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 798699221.66 km from the Earth.
    2318230.47 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 96592.94 km/h
        (33.63 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423499.46 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422609.64 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 421089.45 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420065.94 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420308.38 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670686.33 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 668114.99 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 666114.90 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665099.00 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665286.99 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072761.13 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072839.00 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072808.48 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072670.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072428.41 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892036.56 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1892951.87 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1893771.70 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894497.78 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895127.75 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4560750.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4454775.46 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4345911.87 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4234012.80 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 3, 4118925.89 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 19 hours 56 minutes UTC at a distance of 419993.23 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 20 hours 5 minutes UTC at a distance of 665024.20 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 7 hours 19 minutes UTC at a distance of 1072841.58 km.

Audio:



Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 0 hours 18.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 3 hours 47.4 minutes
Io Transit begins at 21 hours 32.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 22 hours 47.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 23 hours 43.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 23 hours 14.0 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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