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Callisto 20 Quick-Look Orbit Facts
Encounter Trajectory
Quick-Look Facts
Callisto Flyby
- May 5, 1999 -- 14:06 UTC
- Altitude: 1311 km
- 94 times closer than Voyager 1
- 162 times closer than Voyager 2
- Speed: 8.6 km/second
- Latitude: 2.5 deg N
- Longitude: 102 deg W
Perijove
- May 3, 1999 -- 17:11 UTC
- Jupiter Range: 9.4 Jupiter Radii
- Earth Range: 5.8 AU
- One Way Light Time: 49 minutes
Encounter Phase
Cruise Phase
Science Highlights
Magnetosphere
- Perijove sample (2 hrs) - plasma transport mechanisms
- Inner magnetosphere survey including dark region
- Io torus
Jovian Atmosphere
- Cloud structure and dynamics
- Atmospheric wave structure
- Stratosphere composition
- Upper atmosphere and aurora energy budgets
- Hot maps, longitudinal spectral scans
Satellites
- Callisto: compostion, crater statistics, dark flows, radio science Earth occultation
- Io: monitoring, composition
- Europa: global, eclipse
Callisto Flyby Geometry
Perijove Reduction
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