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As New Horizons approaches Jupiter now it will use its long-range imager to capture six sets of 11 hourly images,
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jupiters rotation range is 80,415,496 km; and its phases are 9.4°; 3.6°S, 182.7°W
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Jupiter's outer irregular satellite Callirrhoe, a tiny rock 7 kilometers in diameter that orbits about 25 million kilometers from Jupiter
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Range 72,374,456 km; phase 9.6°; 3.6°S, 215.4°W
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Range 70,967,804 km; phase 9.7°; 3.6°S, 257.1°W
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the main range was range 68,135,166 km; the phases coordinates were 9.7°; 3.6°S, 179.5°W
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Range 62,328,754 km; phase 9.8°; 3.6°S, 256.3°W
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Range 29,079,744 km; phase 8.7°; 4.0°S, 263.9°W
At this distance, Jupiter's globe will entirely fill the field of view of the long-range imager -
Scientist will watch as the same star rises from the limb on the other side of Jupiter
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Range 7,575,510 km; phase 7.4°; 5.5°S, 15.1°W
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Because of its communications problems, Galileo was unable to perform searches for as-yet-undiscovered moons in Jupiter's ring system. New Horizons will perform the most detailed survey of Jupiter's rings to date: LORRI will take 49 images over 8 hours.
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Range 6,627,459 km; phase 11.9°; 6.0°S, 84.7°W
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New Horizons will spend more than 8 hours pointed at Earth, returning data, which will also permit the DSN to track New Horizons' trajectory
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Range 8,071,585 km; phase 6.4°; 5.0°S, 6.6°W
Scientist will be used repeatedly throughout the encounter to study the sparse atmosphere above Europa -
The ultraviolet spectrometer will stare at a bright star as it appears to sink beneath Jupiter's limb. Stellar occultations provide information on the composition, temperature, density, and structure of the upper atmosphere of a planet
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Range 7,856,307 km; phase 4.8°; 5.4°S, 340.2°W
Lots of Io imaging is planned in order to check whether the many volcanoes discovered by Voyager and monitored by Galileo are active or dormant, and to search for changes in surface features that may have resulted from volcanic activity in the years since Galileo's demise. Researchers will examine Io's limb to look for telltale plumes signifying volcanic eruptions. -
Range 5,927,715 km; phase 17.3°; 6.1°S, 90.5°W
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Range 5,894,924 km; phase 11.2°; 6.2°S, 239.6°W
The hydrogen-rich atmosphere of Jupiter shows a lot of structure in ultraviolet wavelengths, especially at the Lyman alpha wavelength of 121.6 nanometers. -
Range 5,799,275 km; phase 11.7°; ring opening angle 6.3°
The light-reflecting properties of the icy and dusty surfaces of the particles in Jupiter's rings are highly dependent upon the phase (illumination angle) at which the observations are performed. LORRI will perform six detailed surveys of the ring system throughout the flyby to build up a detailed data set on how the brightness of the rings changes with changing phase.
