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Final Galileo Io Flyby

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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2002

Torrence Johnson17 January 2002

Io · Science / Astronomy

Galileo completes its final Io flyby at an altitude of roughly 102 kilometres.

Names involved

Torrence Johnson

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