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Ganymede 2 Quick-Look Orbit Facts
Encounter Trajectory
Quick-Look Facts
Ganymede Encounter
(Updated on August 29, 1996)
- September 6, 1996 -- 19:00 UTC
- Altitude: 262 km
- 428 times closer than Voyager 1
- 227 times closer than Voyager 2
- Speed: 8.0 km/second
- Latitude: 80 deg N
- Longitude: 123 deg W
Perijove
- September 7, 1996 -- 13:37 UTC
- Jupiter Range: 10.7 Jupiter Radii
- Earth Range: 4.7 AU
- One Way Light Time: 39 minutes
Encounter Phase
Cruise Phase
Science Highlights
Magnetosphere
Satellites
- Unique Ganymede north polar pass
- Europa low-phase global images
- Callisto, Io monitoring, Amalthea
- Ganymede Gravity Field
Jovian Atmosphere
- Stratospheric Circulation
- Jupiter southern aurora
- Shoemaker-Levy 9 remnant material images
Ganymede Flyby Geometry
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