Europa 15 Quick-Look Orbit Facts

Encounter Trajectory

Quick-Look Facts

• May 31, 1998 -- 21:12 UTC
• Altitude: 2521 km
• 291 times closer than Voyager 1
• 81 times closer than Voyager 2
• Speed: 6.4 km/second
• Latitude: 15 deg N
• Longitude: 134 deg W

Perijove

• June 1, 1998 -- 02:35 UTC
• Jupiter Range: 8.8 Jupiter Radii
• Earth Range: 5.2 AU
• One Way Light Time: 43 minutes

• May 30 - June 2, 1998

• June 2 - July 20, 1998

Science Highlights

• Features: Cilix massif
• Terrains: rough, near-terminator
• Day and Night Thermal Maps
• Surface Composition Maps
• Search for Tenuous Atmosphere
• Satellite/Magnetosphere Interaction
• Gravity field measurement

Jupiter

• Upper atmosphere energy budget
• Longitudinal spectral scans

Other Targets

• Io: surface monitoring, Kanehekili plume, hihg-solar phase map,
  eclipse, torus, surface composition, tenuous atmosphere
• Inner magnetosphere survey

Europa Flyby Geometry

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