The Three Galileos: The Man, The Spacecraft, The Telescope

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. The Man

   1. Galileo’s Telescopic Observations

      • G. V. Coyne

      Pages 1-6

   2. The Discovery by Galileo of Jupiter’s Moons

      • E. Bellone

      Pages 7-10

   3. The Abodes of Galileo Galilei in Padova

      • C. Bellinati

      Pages 11-16

3. The Galileo Spacecraft

   1. Project Galileo—The Jupiter Mission

      • W. J. O’Neil

      Pages 17-32

   2. The German Contribution to Project Galileo

      • R. Killinger

      Pages 33-50

   3. Galileo at Jupiter: First Results

      • T. V. Johnson

      Pages 51-63

   4. Images from the Galileo Mission

      • M. J. S. Belton, The Galileo Imaging Team

      Pages 65-74

   5. The Galileo Spacecraft Architecture

      • W. J. O’Neil

      Pages 75-94

   6. The Galileo Spacecraft: A Communications Legacy for Future Space Flight

      • L. J. Deutsch

      Pages 95-106

   7. Galileo’s Telecommunications Using the Low-Gain Spacecraft Antenna

      • J. I. Statman, L. J. Deutsch

      Pages 107-113

   8. Navigation of the Galileo Spacecraft

      • L. A. D’Amario

      Pages 115-143

   9. Galileo Spacecraft Operations

      • M. R. Landano

      Pages 145-157

   10. Galileos’ Legacy to Cassini: Historical, Philosophical, and Physical

       • D. L. Matson, J. P. Lebreton

       Pages 159-176

4. The Medicean Moons

   1. The Formation of Jupiter’s Satellites: Relation of Present Appearance with Past History

      • A. Coradini, G. Magni

      Pages 177-190

   2. Geology of Europa: Galileo Update

      • R. Greeley

      Pages 191-200

   3. Bombardment History of the Jovian System

      • G. Neukum

      Pages 201-212

   4. Atmospheres of the Medicean Moons

      • W.-H. Ip

      Pages 213-223

   5. The IO Plasma Torus

      • N. Thomas

      Pages 225-238

   6. Observations of Mutual Events between Jupiter Satellites

      • C. Blanco

      Pages 239-242

The idea of having a conference in Padova describing the results obtained by the Galileo spacecraft and the characteristics of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo began in 1995, when a number of colleagues from both sides of the Atlantic began exchanging suggestions and ideas. Looking at the schedules of the two teams, it was clear that the beginning of January 1997 would be a good time to hold the conference; these dates also luckily coincided with the dates of the memorable discovery of the Medicean moons of Jupiter by Galileo Galilei in Padova in 1610. To emphasize these three elements, the name of the conference was then proposed and accepted by the involved parties: NASA and JPL in the United States, the German space agency DARA, the University of Padova, and the Astronomical Observatory in Padova. I wish to recall a few key dates: In January 1610, Galileo--from his house in Padova--had the first hint of three and then four stars connected to Jupiter. In December 1995, the probe released from the spacecraft entered the atmosphere of Jupiter, and the spacecraft entered orbit about Jupiter. These extraordinary events were followed at JPL by a number of representatives of many institutions and space agencies. In June 1996, the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo was inaugurated by the King of Spain Juan Carlos I, in the presence of Prof. Luigi Berlinguer, Minister of University and Science. These ceremonies occurred as the spacecraft started touring the moon Europa.

• Planet
• navigation
• observing techniques
• remote sensing
• solar

• University of Padova, Italy

  Cesare Barbieri

• NASA Headquarters, USA

  Jürgen H. Rahe

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

  Torrence V. Johnson, Anita M. Sohus

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