Sunday, September 3, 2017

Jupiter Today | 04 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814850145.70 km from the Sun.
    14206.76 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 591.95 km/h
        (1.93 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 922859207.90 km from the Earth.
    1508901.54 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 62870.90 km/h
        (1006.77 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420580.52 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422042.74 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423291.89 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423413.25 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 422319.83 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665567.79 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667217.62 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 669612.70 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 672284.61 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 674719.66 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067852.59 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067917.70 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068101.97 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068402.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068810.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869160.54 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869384.78 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869721.80 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870175.40 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 4, 1870748.63 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 2398486.38 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 2576117.59 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 2745336.74 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 2907128.23 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 3062271.69 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 15 hours 33 minutes UTC at a distance of 423528.11 km.

Audio:




Events:

Io Transit begins at 2 hours 12.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 3 hours 2.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 4 hours 24.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 5 hours 12.0 minutes
Io Occultation disappears at 23 hours 33.0 minutes
Europa Occultation disappears at 10 hours 3.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse reappears at 14 hours 6.0 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:










Saturday, September 2, 2017

Jupiter Today | 03 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814864352.46 km from the Sun.
    14160.56 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 590.02 km/h
        (2.08 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 921350306.36 km from the Earth.
    1533064.17 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 63877.67 km/h
        (998.26 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motions:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423380.44 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422237.78 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420738.27 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 419998.04 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420580.52 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 669684.36 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 667276.77 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665601.19 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 664990.59 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665567.79 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068692.22 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068329.03 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1068063.54 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067903.24 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 3, 1067852.59 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869460.93 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869192.56 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869057.19 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869049.35 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869160.54 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 1571070.59 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 1800244.12 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 2012521.01 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 2211176.67 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 2398486.38 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 18 hours 23 minutes UTC at a distance of 419995.12 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 18 hours 5 minutes UTC at a distance of 664990.47 km.
Ganymede goes through an perijove at 23 hours 41 minutes UTC at a distance of 1067852.42 km.
Callisto goes through an perijove at 15 hours 22 minutes UTC at a distance of 1869037.63 km.

Audio:



Events:

Io Occultation disappears at 5 hours 3.0 minutes
Io Eclipse reappears at 8 hours 4.9 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:











Friday, September 1, 2017

Jupiter Today | 02 September 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 814878513.02 km from the Sun.
    14110.47 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of -587.94 km/h
        (-0.27 km/h slower than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 919817242.19 km from the Earth.
    1557022.26 km further from the Earth than yesterday
    Moving away the Earth at a radial velocity of 64875.93 km/h
        (984.91 km/h slower than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420001.79 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420648.25 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 422127.72 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423332.06 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423380.44 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 677145.68 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 676480.81 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 674771.93 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 672353.44 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 669684.36 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070783.81 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1070211.76 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069654.57 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1069140.20 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 2, 1068692.22 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871735.23 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1871011.85 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1870382.37 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869860.66 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 3, 1869460.93 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 267830.45 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 706765.92 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 1037960.13 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 1319915.35 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 1571070.59 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 0 hours 6 minutes UTC at a distance of 420001.61 km.
Io goes through an apojove at 21 hours 13 minutes UTC at a distance of 423527.30 km.

Audio:




Events:

Io Transit begins at 7 hours 42.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit begins at 8 hours 33.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 9 hours 54.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 10 hours 43.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 15 hours 50.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 17 hours 35.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 18 hours 18.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 19 hours 55.0 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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