Europa 6 Quick-Look Orbit Facts

Encounter Trajectory

Quick-Look Facts

• February 20, 1997 -- 17:03 UTC
• Altitude: 587 km
• 1247 times closer than Voyager 1
• 348 times closer than Voyager 2
• Speed: 5.7 km/second
• Latitude: 17 deg S
• Longitude: 324 deg W

Perijove

• February 20, 1997 20:53 UTC
• Jupiter Range: 9.1 Jupiter Radii
• Earth Range: 6.0 AU
• One Way Light Time: 50 minutes

• February 17 - 23, 1997

• February 23 - March 30, 1997

Science Highlights

• Europa south Alfven wing crossing
• Jupiter magnetic equator crossing

• Europa Argiope Linea and other lineated regions
• Io plume monitoring
• Jupiter rings
• Thebe, Amalthea

• South equatorial belt-zone boundary
• Jupiter northern aurora

Europa Flyby Geometry

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