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                             28 Mar 1998  05:00 
Io south pole                                            16:26
Start Eupropa gravity field (RS)                         19:23
Io C/A (range = 252,000 km)                              20:48
Jupiter C/A (range = 631,000 km)            29 Mar 1998  00:00
Europa ice rift (NIMS/UVS)                               04:09
Europa-Magnetosphere interaction (F&P)                   05:07      
Europa Mannann'an (SSI)                                  05:08
Europa C/A (range = 3,210 km)                            05:23
Europa triple bands (SSI)                                05:29
Europa dayside thermal (PPR)                             06:46
Jupiter spectral scans (NIMS)                            13:48
Ganymede global (SSI)                                    16:06
Ganymede C/A (range = 920,000 km)                        16:10 
Io eclipse (SSI)                                         18:22
Jupiter north aurora (UVS)                  30 Mar 1998  02:29
Io torus (EUV)                                           04:00
Callisto C/A (range = 206,000 km)                        20:31 
Callisto global Map (NIMS/UVS)                           17:09
Start Cruise                                             17:42
OTM-45                                      02 Apr 1998    -
OTM-46                                      30 Apr 1998    -
OTM-47                                      28 May 1998    -
End Cruise                                  30 May 1998  14:00


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

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