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                             21 Nov 1998  04:00
Io polarimetry (PPR)                                     04:49
Start Europa gravity field (RS)                          17:47
Jupiter spectral scan (NIMS)                             18:00
Ganymede C/A (range = 1,710,000 km)                      22:43
Jupiter C/A (range 638,000 km)                           23:34
Io surface monitoring (SSI)                              23:41
Europa Rhadanamthys linea (SSI)             22 Nov 1998  03:40
Europa C/A (range = 3,850 km)                            03:47
Europa norht pole pits (SSI)                             03:49
Europa surface composition (NIMS/UVS)                    04:00
Europa equator-to-pole (SSI)                             04:45
Europa regional coverage (PPR)                           05:05
Europa global (NIMS/UVS)                                 07:34
Ganymede polarimetry (PPR)                               14:33
Callisto C/A (range = 2,350,000 km)                      18:06
Jupiter upper atmosphere (UVS)                           21:05
Io C/A (range = 996,000 km)                 23 Nov 1998  03:11
Io torus (UVS/EUV)                                       08:29
Start Cruise                                             11:36
OTM-57                                      26 Nov 1998    -
OTM-58                                      27 Dec 1998    -
OTM-59                                      28 Jan 1999    -
End Cruise                                  30 Jan 1999  18:00


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

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