Re: Giotto near-Earth flyby next month?

Mike DiMuzio (mdimuzio@cisnet.com)
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 05:49:27 +0000

Ed Cannon wrote:
> 
> Tonight I noticed on the Space Calendar a cryptic comment that
> the Giotto spacecraft might make a near-Earth flyby in July.
> It had a link to this page:
> 
>  http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/comets/giotto.html
> 
> The last paragraph mentions the July 1999 flyby possibility.
> 
> Having been one of those fortunate enough to observe -- with a
> lot of help from Mike McCants -- the NEAR flyby a couple of
> years ago, I've sent a few inquiries to try to find out if
> Giotto might really pass near the Earth next month.  What does
> anyone else on SeeSat know about this?
> 
> Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/giotto.html also says Giotto will pass
Earth on July 1, 1999.  According to this page,
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/database/www-nmc?85-056A
Giotto will pass about 219,000 km from Earth on July 1, 1999.

	I will try to look for any more info.

Mike
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Mike DiMuzio    mdimuzio@cisnet.com