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 -- 41.087N 80.714W 305 meters Mike DiMuzio mdimuzio@cisnet.com