Road to Io

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Air Space Smithson.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6348207

Chang, T

The potential study of Io by the Galileo mission is discussed. The mission, which is scheduled for launch from the Space Shuttle in 1989, is expected to fly 20 to 100 times closer to the Galilean moons of Jupiter than the Voyager missions. Topics which the mission hopes to address include volcanism, tidal forces and continental drift on Io, and the torus of charged particles that accompanies Io on its orbit of Jupiter. The Venus-earth-earth gravity assist route of the mission and the NIR mapping spectrometer aboard Galileo are considered.

• OSTI ID: 6348207
• Journal Information: Air Space Smithson.; (United States), Journal Name: Air Space Smithson.; (United States) Vol. 3; ISSN ASPSE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640107* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Planetary Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
AIRCRAFT
CHALCOGENIDES
EXPLORATION
JUPITER PLANET
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANETS
SATELLITES
SOLAR SYSTEM
SPACE SHUTTLES
SPACE VEHICLES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
VEHICLES
VOLCANOES
VOYAGER SPACE PROBES