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Galileo Mission to Jupiter and Europa
Galileo launched on 18 October 1989 and began orbiting Jupiter in December 1995. During the outbound trip, Galileo flew by the asteroids (951) Gaspra, in October 1991, and (253) Ida, in August 1993. Images from the latter flyby revealed that Ida was itself orbited by a tiny moon, subsequently named Dactyl. This was the first known case of a solar system small body with its own natural satellite. Galileo was also positioned to observe the far side of Jupiter in July 1994, when the fragments of comet D/Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacted the planet. Once in orbit around Jupiter, Galileo dropped a probe to record the first direct observations of the Jovian atmosphere.
The original Galileo mission was extended into the Galileo Europa Mission, in which the spacecraft undertook an intensive study of the moon Europa, the Io plasma torus and Io itself. The mission ended on 21 September 2003, when the spacecraft descended into the Jovian atmosphere.
The SBN is the lead node for archiving Dust Detector System data for Galileo.
Instruments
- Instrument Details (Data from these instruments are archived at SBN.)
- Dust Detector System (DDS)
- Magnetometer (MAG)
- Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS)
- Photopolarimeter-Radiometer (PPR, Visible and IR)
- Solid State Imaging System (SSI)
- Ultraviolet Spectrometer (UVS)
- Other Instruments (Spacecraft has other instruments, data from which are archived at another PDS node.)
- Energetic Particles Detector (EPD) - Charged particles in the immediate vicinity of Galileo)
- Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EUV) - Volatile gases from Galilean satellites; upper Jovian atmosphere
- Heavy Ion Counter (HIC) - Monitor environment for energetic heavy ions
Data Sets
Cruise & Jupiter Orbit
Ida/Dactyl & Gaspra Flybys
- MAGnetometer Data from Ida/Dactyl and Gaspra Flybys
- SSI Images from Ida/Dactyl and Gaspra Flybys
- Stooke Shape Models including Ida and Gaspra
- Optical Shape Models
- Stooke Small Bodies Maps v2.0
- Galileo NIMS Gaspra Spectral Image Cube
- Galileo NIMS Ida Spectral Image Cubes
- Galileo NIMS Ida and Dactyl Point Spectra
Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impact at Jupiter
- Galileo Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer Observations of D/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Galileo Photopolarimeter Radiometer Observations of D/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Galileo Solid State Imaging System Images of D/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Galileo UV Spectrometer Observations of D/Shoemaker-Levy 9
- Galileo UV Spectrometer Observations of Fragment G of D/Shoemaker-Levy 9
Other Target Observations
- Shoemaker-Levy 9/Jupiter Impact Archive
- Ida/Gaspra Special Collection of Groundbased and Galileo Data
Galileo Data At Other PDS Nodes
Related Datasets
Use the Small Bodies Data Ferret to find other datasets for this mission/target.
