Europa Timeline

All times are SCET (Spacecraft Event Time) in PST (PST = UTC - 8 hours). Take a look at the Galileo Acronyms List for explanations of the acronyms used in this timeline.


EVENT                                       DATE      TIME (PST/SCET)

Start Encounter                             15 Dec 1997  00:00 
Ganymede Gilgamesh basin (SSI)                           01:52
Ganymede C/A (range = 16,900 km)                         01:59
Europa atmosphere (UVS)                                  04:51
Io eclipse (SSI)                                         07:42
Jupiter spectral scan (NIMS)                             09:57
Start Europa gravity field (RS)                          18:04
Jupiter C/A (range = 629,000 km)                         22:36
Europa search for hot spots (PPR)           16 Dec 1997  01:58
Europa Mineos linea (NIMS)                               03:18
Europa Pwyll color stereo (SSI)                          03:27
Europa-Magnetosphere interaction (F&P)                   03:44
Europa C/A (range = 1,770 km)                            04:05
Io monitoring (NIMS/UVS)                                 06:10
Callisto C/A (range = 1,200,000 km)                      07:32
Io C/A (range = 485,000 km)                              11:00
Start Cruise                                17 Dec 1997  04:00
OTM-39                                      20 Dec 1997    -
OTM-40                                      13 Jan 1998    -
OTM-41                                      07 Feb 1998    -
OTM-42                                      14 Feb 1998    -
OTM-43                                      10 Mar 1998    -
OTM-44                                      26 Mar 1998    -
End Cruise                                  28 Mar 1998  05:00


* Closest approach distances are with respect to the center of the 
target body.

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