Europa 19 Quick-Look Orbit Facts

Encounter Trajectory

Quick-Look Facts

• February 1, 1999 -- 02:10 UTC
• Altitude: 1495 km
• 490 times closer than Voyager 1
• 137 times closer than Voyager 2
• Speed: 5.8 km/second
• Latitude: 31 deg N
• Longitude: 330 deg W

Perijove

• February 1, 1999 -- 05:00 UTC
• Jupiter Range: 9.1 Jupiter Radii
• Earth Range: 5.6 AU
• One Way Light Time: 46 minutes

• January 13, 1999 - February 2, 1999

• February 2, 1999 - May 2, 1999

Science Highlights

• Features: plume search
• Terrains: hexagonal ice, near-terminator, dark spots, mottled, bright plains
• Global and regional polarimetry maps
• Surface Composition Maps
• Tenuous atmosphere
• Satellite/Magnetosphere interaction
• Gravity field measurement

Jupiter

• Upper atmosphere energy budget
• Longitudinal spectral scans

Other Targets

• Cloud structure and dynamics, stratosphere
• Upper atmosphere/aurora engery budget
• Hot maps, longitudal spectral scans

Europa Flyby Geometry

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