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Galileo - What's New - December 1996

December 29, 1996

• Galileo Status Report (December 26, 1996)
  Playback of Europa 4 data has started.

December 22, 1996

• Today on Galileo - December 21-22, 1996

December 20, 1996

• New Animations of Io!
• Today on Galileo - December 20, 1996

December 19, 1996

• Jupiter Stratospheric Haze Comparison
• Today on Galileo - December 19, 1996

December 18, 1996

• Galileo Status Report (December 18, 1996)
  Europa 4 encounter is underway.
• Stereo View of Ganymede's Galileo Regio
• Today on Galileo - December 18, 1996
• A new animation is now available showing a computer simulation of a the Galileo flyby of Europa on December 19, 1996:
  • MPEG - 1.5 MB, 640x480 resolution
  • MPEG - 582K, 320x200 resolution
  • Quicktime - 4.0 MB, 640x480 resolution
  • Quicktime - 1.6 MB, 320x200 resolution

December 17, 1996

• Live Doppler plots will be available during the Europa flyby on Dec 18-19. The Doppler plots will be updated every minute.
• Hotspots on Io during G2
• Today on Galileo - December 17, 1996

December 16, 1996

• Ganymede G1 & G2 Encounters - Interior of Ganymede
• Today on Galileo - December 16, 1996

December 15, 1996

• Today on Galileo - December 14-15, 1996

December 13, 1996

• The following animation is now available showing a computer simulation of a overhead view of the Galileo flyby of Europa on December 19, 1996:
  • MPEG - 602K , 640x480 resolution
  • MPEG - 315K, 320x200 resolution
  • Quicktime - 1.2 MB, 640x480 resolution
  • Quicktime - 649K, 320x200 resolution

December 12, 1996

• Updated Europa-4 Quick-Look Orbit Facts
• Europa-4 Encounter Summary now available!
• New Discoveries From Galileo (December 12, 1996).
• New Image of Chain of Imact Craters on Callisto!
• New Image of Callisto's Valhalla Impact Structure!
• New Image of Asgard Impact Structrure on Callisto!
• New Image of Ridges on Europa!
• Animation of Ganymede's Magnetosphere!
• Galileo Plasma Wave Observations At Ganymede!

December 11, 1996

• New Images of Io!

December 10, 1996

• Galileo Status Report (December 10, 1996)
  Data playback continues, preparations for Europa flyby continues, new flight software loaded on DDS instrument.
• New Ganymede Results From Galileo To Be Presented on Dec 12
• New Images of Io!

December 9, 1996

• This Week on Galileo - December 9-15, 1996
• New Image of Io!

December 7, 1996

• December 7 marks the one year anniversary of Galileo's arrival at Jupiter!

December 6, 1996

• New Image of Io!
• Europa 4 "Where on Earth" Photo Contest!

December 5, 1996

• New Infrared Images of Jupiter!

December 4, 1996

• New Image of Io!
• A Galileo lecture will be presented on December 12 by Dr. Torrence Johnson, Galileo Project Scientist, at JPL.

December 3, 1996

• First Galileo Image of Callisto!

December 2, 1996

• This Week on Galileo - December 2 -8, 1996
• New Image of Io!

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