Friday, November 3, 2017

Jupiter Today | 04 November 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813845145.62 km from the Sun.
    18654.47 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 777.27 km/h
        (4.64 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 961077482.36 km from the Earth.
    308799.09 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 12866.63 km/h
        (1339.27 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421931.71 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420509.79 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420025.52 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420854.55 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 422358.70 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 675550.92 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676993.55 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 677290.27 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 676372.99 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 2, 674433.86 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072854.70 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072560.53 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072160.72 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071679.09 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1071142.03 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1889251.71 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1888128.92 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1886946.90 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1885715.25 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1884451.27 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5998232.05 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6067740.33 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6135669.07 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6202047.03 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 6266912.17 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 11 hours 9 minutes UTC at a distance of 420011.48 km.
Europa goes through an apojove at 10 hours 27 minutes UTC at a distance of 677331.98 km.

Audio:



Events:

Io Eclipse disappears at 4 hours 33.6 minutes
Io Occultation reappears at 6 hours 53.0 minutes
Europa Occultation reappears at 0 hours 26.0 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:











Thursday, November 2, 2017

Jupiter Today | 03 November 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813863800.09 km from the Sun.
    18543.16 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 772.63 km/h
        (6.07 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 961386281.45 km from the Earth.
    276656.63 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 11527.36 km/h
        (1342.37 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 420909.87 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 3, 422426.02 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423447.38 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 423227.53 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 4, 421931.71 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 665851.99 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 667872.96 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 670511.47 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 673245.36 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 1, 675550.92 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072755.16 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072969.68 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Western Elongation <===
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1073062.04 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1073024.55 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 1, 1072854.70 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1893113.25 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1892249.14 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1891312.94 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1890312.97 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1889251.71 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5703855.25 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5779975.99 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5854381.53 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5927121.21 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5998232.05 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an apojove at 14 hours 1 minutes UTC at a distance of 423524.46 km.
Ganymede goes through an apojove at 13 hours 18 minutes UTC at a distance of 1073065.13 km.

Audio:



Events:

Io Shadow Transit begins at 7 hours 14.0 minutes
Io Transit begins at 7 hours 21.0 minutes
Io Shadow Transit ends at 9 hours 24.0 minutes
Io Transit ends at 9 hours 33.0 minutes
Europa Eclipse disappears at 21 hours 47.6 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, November 1, 2017

Jupiter Today | 02 November 2017

Distances:

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 813882343.25 km from the Sun.
    18397.43 km closer to the Sun than yesterday
    Moving towards the Sun at a radial velocity of 766.56 km/h
        (2.70 km/h faster than yesterday)

At 0 hours UTC, Jupiter is 961662938.08 km from the Earth.
    244439.77 km closer to the Earth than yesterday
    Moving towards the Earth at a radial velocity of 10184.99 km/h
        (1340.76 km/h faster than yesterday)

Positions and Motion:

At 0.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 423175.50 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 1, 421833.78 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420434.94 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420024.07 km from Jupiter.
    ===> Maximum Eastern Elongation <===
At 24.00 hours UTC, Io is in quadrant 2, 420909.87 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 3, 668917.73 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 666583.97 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665130.72 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 664866.81 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Europa is in quadrant 4, 665851.99 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1070962.61 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1071510.38 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072007.52 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072429.47 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Ganymede is in quadrant 4, 1072755.16 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895582.47 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1895133.24 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 1, 1894568.51 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1893891.47 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Callisto is in quadrant 2, 1893113.25 km from Jupiter.

At 0.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5381332.40 km from Jupiter.
At 6.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5464781.25 km from Jupiter.
At 12.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5546309.72 km from Jupiter.
At 18.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5625963.18 km from Jupiter.
At 24.00 hours UTC, Juno is in quadrant 2, 5703855.25 km from Jupiter.

Io goes through an perijove at 16 hours 50 minutes UTC at a distance of 419997.42 km.
Europa goes through an perijove at 16 hours 15 minutes UTC at a distance of 664812.01 km.

Audio:



Events:

Io Eclipse disappears at 10 hours 5.2 minutes
Io Occultation reappears at 12 hours 23.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit begins at 3 hours 33.0 minutes
Europa Transit begins at 3 hours 44.0 minutes
Europa Shadow Transit ends at 5 hours 52.0 minutes
Europa Transit ends at 6 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:











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