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Callisto 9 Quick-Look Orbit Facts
Encounter Trajectory
Quick-Look Facts
Callisto Encounter
- June 25, 1997 -- 13:48 UTC
- Altitude: 415 km
- 298 times closer than Voyager 1
- 512 times closer than Voyager 2
- Speed: 8.2 km/second
- Latitude: 2 deg N
- Longitude: 259 deg W
Perijove
- June 27, 1997 -- 11:52 UTC
- Jupiter Range: 10.8 Jupiter Radii
- Earth Range: 4.3 AU
- One Way Light Time: 36 minutes
Encounter Phase
Cruise Phase
Science Highlights
Magnetosphere
Satellites
- Callisto Valhalla multi-ringed structure
- Ganymede non-targeted encounter
- Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe
Jovian Atmosphere
- Great Red Spot
- Equatorial plume head
- Jupiter northern and southern aurora, Io footprint
- High solar phase angle
Callisto Flyby Geometry
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