Callisto 10 Quick-Look Orbit Facts

Encounter Trajectory

Quick-Look Facts

• September 17, 1997 -- 00:19 UTC
• Altitude: 538 km
• 230 times closer than Voyager 1
• 395 times closer than Voyager 2
• Speed: 8.2 km/second
• Latitude: 5 deg N
• Longitude: 79 deg W

Perijove

• September 18, 1997 -- 23:10 UTC
• Jupiter Range: 9.2 Jupiter Radii
• Earth Range: 4.3 AU
• One Way Light Time: 36 minutes

• September 14 - 20, 1997

• September 20 - November 2, 1997

Science Highlights

• Continuation of second mini-tour of Jovian magnetosphere
• Jupiter magnetic equator crossing

• Callisto global and bright limb observations
• Io aurora and Jupiter rings during solar occultation
• Europa volcanism survey
• Amalthea, Thebe, Adrastea, Metis

• North polar haze region
• Jupiter northern and southern aurora
• Jupiter aurora and lightning during solar occultation

Callisto Flyby Geometry

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