Europa 4 Quick-Look Orbit Facts

Encounter Trajectory

Quick-Look Facts

• December 19, 1996 -- 06:53 UTC
• Altitude: 698 km
• 1049 times closer than Voyager 1
• 293 times closer than Voyager 2
• Speed: 5.7 km/second
• Latitude: 1 deg S
• Longitude: 37 deg W

Perijove

• December 19, 1996 03:22 UTC
• Jupiter Range: 9.2 Jupiter Radii
• Earth Range: 6.0 AU
• One Way Light Time: 50 minutes

• December 15 - 22, 1996

• December 22, 1996 - February 17, 1997

Science Highlights

• Europa wake and north Alfven wing crossings
• Remote Io torus observations

• Excellent Europa dayside and nightside coverage
• Io partial-eclipse
• Jupiter rings
• Amalthea, Thebe, Adrastea, Himalia

• Northern equatorial belt hot spot observations
• Atmospheric profile during Earth occultation
• Jupiter northern aurora

Europa Flyby Geometry

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