Jupiter 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 Solar conjunction                     10 Jan 97    14:14
Ganymede C/A (1150000 km)                   19           01:36
Jupiter C/A (646000km)                                   16:28
Europa C/A (28900 km)                                    17:12
Callisto C/A (600000km)                     21           12:18
Io C/A (1470000km)                                       17:25
Start Solar occultation by Jupiter          23           00:03
Start Earth occultation by Jupiter                       01:54
End Solar occultation by Jupter                          08:51
End Earth occultation by Jupiter                         10:32
End Solar conjunction                       28           07:09





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

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