From spencer Mon Oct 30 11:21:56 1995
From spencer Mon Oct 30 11:21:56 1995
To: oleroemer
Subject: Io encounter plans
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An update on observations planned during the Io encounter
in December.

Lou Frank tells me that it's *likely* that fields and particles
observations will be taken during both the inbound and outbound passes
through the Io plasma torus.  Specifically, all fields and particles
instruments (dust, plasma wave, plasma, and magnetic field) will
probably be recording from 7.8 Rj to 5.4 Rj on the inbound leg, which
includes the 1000-km Io flyby, and most F+P instruments (dust,
magnetic field, plasma wave, high-energy plasma) will record from
4.3 Rj to 6.4 Rj on the outbound leg.  There's also a small chance of a
single hi-res infrared radiometer (PPR) scan across Io during closest
approach, but no other remote sensing observations of Io are planned.
The data will be recorded on the tape recorder at the same low rate
used for the probe data.  However, the final decision hasn't yet been
made on whether any of these observations will be done.

John.