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                             24 Sep 1998  21:00
Jupiter sout aurora (UVS)                                21:49
Europa atmosphere (UVS)                     25 Sep 1998  00:14
Io C/A (range = 800,000 km)                              03:09
Jupiter specrtal scan (NIMS)                             05:11
Start Eupropa gravity field (RS)                         10:50
Jupiter rings (SSI)                                      10:59
Europa global (NIMS/UVS)                                 15:46
Europa dayside thermal map (PPR)                         18:38
Ganymede C/A (range = 1,670,000 km)                      20:04
Europa strike-slip fault (SSI)                           20:39
Europa Thynia linea (SSI)                                20:42
Europa C/A (range = 5,160)                               20:50
Europa surface composition (NIMS/UVS)                    21:40
Europa darkside thermal map (PPR)                        21:55
Jupiter rings (SSI)                                      23:04
Jupiter C/A (range = 636,000 km)            26 Sep 1998  01:25
Callisto C/A (range =1,220,000 km)                       08:24
Io torus (UVS/EUV)                          27 Sep 1998  10:55
Start Cruise                                28 Sep 1998  01:30
OTM-54                                      29 Sep 1998    -
OTM-55                                      24 Oct 1998    -
OTM-56                                      19 Nov 1998    -
End Cruise                                  21 Nov 1998  04:00


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

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