Galileo's Observations

Galileo

At present, the Galileo spacecraft is about 150 million miles (240 million kilometers) from Jupiter and will be able to see part of the planet's nightside, where comet impacts are predicted to take place. Galileo will be capable of taking direct imaging of impact events using visible light imaging, near-infrared mapping spectrometer, extreme ultraviolet, photopolarimeter, plasma wave and fields and particles instruments. Pictures and infrared spectral scans must be tape-recorded for slow playback, which is expected in a month or two. Other data will be computer-stored for readout within several days. Galileo is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for NASA's Office of Space Science.

Public Affairs contact:
James H. Wilson
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, Calif.,
(818) 354-5011

Galileo Observation Plans

• Preview of Galileo's Tentative SL-9 Observing Plans (Clark Chapman - April 6, 1994).
• Galileo's Photopolarimeter Radiometer Capabilities (Terry Martin - November 23, 1993).
• Galileo's PPR Plans (Terry Martin - May 24, 1994).
• Galileo Mission Status Report (June 2, 1994).
• Galileo Set to Observe Comet Shoemaker-Levy (June 3, 1994>.
• JPL's Educators Guide (June 1994).
• Paper by Rob Landis (June 1994).
• JPL Fact Sheet (June 1994).
• Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 to Crash into Jupiter (Galileo Messenger - June 1994).
• Galileo Spacecraft Predicts for Impact Times (June 24, 1994)>
• Galileo Mission Status Report (July 1, 1994).
• Galileo Imaging Plans (Clark Chapman - July 8, 1994).

Galileo Observations

• First direct impact observations are reported by the Galileo spacecraft team (July 19, 1994).
• Galileo Mission Status Report (August 1, 1994).
• Galileo Begins Sending Data from SL9 Impacts (August 26, 1994).
• Galileo Mission Status Report (September 1, 1994).
• Status of Galileo SL9 Images (Clark Chapman - September 19, 1994).
• Galileo Mission Status Report (October 1, 1994).
• Galileo PPR Detection of Fragment G Impact.
• Galileo NIMS Observations of Fragment G Impact.
• Galileo UVS Observations of Fragment G Impact (October 13, 1994).
• Additional Galileo PPR Results for Fragment G Impact (October 17, 1994).
• Summary of Comet Day Poster Session (Mark Boslough)
• Galileo Observes Fragment N Impact (October 27, 1994).
• Galileo Comet SL9 Observations (October 31, 1994).
• Galileo Mission Status Report (November 1, 1994).
• Galileo Mission Status Report (December 1, 1994).
• Galileo NIMS Detects Fragment G Fallout on Jupiter.
• The Brilliant Death of Comet SL9 (Galileo Messenger - December 1994).
• Timing is Everything (Galileo Messenger - December 1994).
• Galileo Mission Status Report (January 1, 1995).
• Comet Crash, Asteroid Moon on Galileo's '94 Agenda (January 13, 1995).
• Shoemaker-Levy 9 Observations Widespread (January 13, 1995).
• Galileo Mission Status Report (February 1, 1995).
• Galileo NIMS Detects Fragment R Fireball & Fallout on Jupiter (February 10, 1995).
• Next Jupiter Impact Will Occur in December 1995 (JPL - April 21, 1995).
• A Comet's Fiery Dance at Jupiter (Galileo Messenger - May 1995).
• Galileo Flying Through Intense Dust Storm (August 29, 1995).
• Galileo Mission Status Report (October 1, 1995).
• Galileo Less Three Weeks From Jupiter (JPL - November 17, 1995).
• Galileo Crosses Into Jupiter's Magnetosphere (December 1, 1995).
• Galileo Is In Orbit around Jupiter (JPL - December 7, 1995).
• JPL Celebrates JOI-Ful Milestone (December 15, 1995).
• Galileo Probe Science Results (NASA - January 22, 1996).

Images

• Galileo Fragment K Jail-Bar Image.
• Galileo Images of Fragment K Impact (July 19, 1994).
• Galileo Images of Fragment K Impact (July 19, 1994).
• Galileo Images of Fragment N Impact (July 20, 1994).
• Galileo Images of Fragment N Impact (July 20, 1994).
• Galileo Images of Fragment W Impact (July 22, 1994).
• Galileo Images of Fragment W Impact (208 Images) (July 22, 1994).
• Galileo Images of Fragment W Impact (enhanced by SDB Systems, July 22, 1994).
• Galileo's Light Curves for Fragment GHLQ Impacts (July 1994).
• Galileo's NIMS Light Curves for Fragment G and Impacts (July 1994).

Galileo Home Pages

• Galileo Mission to Jupiter.
  • Galileo Countdown to Jupiter Home Page.
  • Galileo Observations of Comet SL9.
• Galileo SSI Team Home Page.

Comet Shoemaker-Levy Home Page