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Reference Sites (see also the Solar System overview)
- NASA: General
Jupiter resources page;
Galileo mission Jupiter page.
- General Information:
The Nine Planets page;
American Association of Amateur Astronomers Jupiter page;
Solarviews.com page;
Virtual Journey into the Universe pages.
- Images and Quizzes:
JPL pages;
Alwyn Botha's Jupiter page.
Jupiter Topics
- Observation: Sky & Telescope guide
and transit prediction page.
- Aurorae: International
Jupiter Watch page;
JPL page
on Io footprint auroras.
Moons
- In general:
Galileo Project page;
The Jupiter Satellite page;
Galileo's discovery;
S&T JavaScript utility.
- Io: JPL images
page;
Views of the Solar System page.
- Europa: Animated
rotation page.
Past Exploration (Space Exploration and overview pages)
- Galileo: NASA mission launched
in Oct 1989; In orbit around Jupiter and its moons from Dec 1995
to Sep 2003, when the spacecraft entered and burned up in Jupiter's
atmosphere.
- Europa Orbiter:
Originally developed for launch in 2008, and scheduled to orbit
Europa in 2010-2012; Has now been shelved.
- Pioneer 10 and 11: 1973-74, now leaving the solar system carrying a
plaque.
- Voyager 1 and 2: 1979, also now leaving the solar system.
- Ulysses spacecraft
flyby, while on its way to the Sun.
Future Missions
- JIMO: Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter,
the first of NASA's upcoming fleet of nuclear-powered spacecraft
with an ion drive; To be launched in 2011 at the earliest, will
reach Jupiter 6-8 years later and orbit, for several months each,
the Jovian satellites Callisto, Ganymede and Europa.
References
- D.M. Harland, Jupiter Odyssey: The Story
of NASA's Galileo Mission, Springer-Verlag 2000.
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