Europa Timeline
EVENT DATE TIME (PST/SCET) Start Encounter 02 Nov 97 08:00 Start Callisto neutral torus (UVS) 22:06 End Callisto neurtral torus (UVS) 03 11:49 Start Io torus observations (UVS) 04 04:23 End Io torus observations (UVS) 15:35 Europa eclipse observations (UVS) 22:52 Callisto C/A (range=673,000 km) 23:17 Auroral map (EUV/UVS) 05 01:39 First brown barge observation (NIMS) 08:13 Auroral haze observations (UVS) 08:22 Auroral time-lapse (SSI) 10:36 Europa global (NIMS) 16:18 Start Europa gravity field (RS) 06 02:31 Jupiter global (PPR) 02:45 Europa hot spots (PPR) 09:50 Europa Pwyll mosaic (NIMS) 10:48 Europa color samples (SSI) 11:03 Start wake/equator observations (F&P) 12:09 Europa C/A (range = 3,607 km) 12:32 End wake/equator observations (F&P) 14:51 Thebe (SSI) 15:36 Jupiter C/A (range = 641,000 km) 16:42 Amalthea (SSI) 17:00 End Europa gravity field (RS) 22:31 Ganymede C/A (range = 1,540,000 km) 07 02:20 Science Turn (high-phase Jupiter/Io) 02:49 Culann plume (SSI) 06:04 Io monitoring (NIMS) 13:11 Io C/A (range = 793,000 km) 15:45 Lightning search (SSI) 16:09 Io full disk (PPR) 19:00 Auroral map (UVS) 21:37 Loki plume (SSI) 23:25 Jupiter rings (SSI) 08 06:56 Turn to return Earth point 14:33 Last brown barge observation (NIMS) 22:10 Start cruise 09 08:00 OTM-36 16:40 Start Earth occultation observation (RS) 15 19:01 Start Earth occultation by Jupiter 21:00 End Earth occultation by Jupiter 16 12:13 End Earth occultation observations (RS) 14:13 Attitude update burn 21 07:38 OTM-37 26 11:10 OTM-38 13 December 15:00 End Cruise 15 00:00 Start Galileo Europa Mission 15 00:00 * Closest approach distances are with respect to the center of the target body.
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