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Giotto
Retired ESA spacecraft which visited Comets Halley and Grigg-Skjellerup.
Wikipedia | Giotto (Spacecraft)
External Pages About Giotto
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Bing Entity
Statements about
Giotto
Instance Of
Comet Probe
Artificial Satellite of the Sun
Official Website
https://sci.esa.int/giotto
Start Point
ELA-1
Significant Event
Rocket Launch
(7/2/1985)
Location
:
ELA-1
Point in Time
:
7/2/1985
Flyby
(3/14/1986)
Location
:
Halley's Comet
Point in Time
:
3/14/1986
Unnamed
:
596 kilometre
Gravity Assist
(7/2/1990)
Location
:
Earth
Point in Time
:
7/2/1990
Unnamed
:
16,300 kilometre
Flyby
(7/10/1992)
Location
:
26P/Grigg–Skjellerup
Point in Time
:
7/10/1992
Unnamed
:
200 kilometre
Service Retirement
(7/23/1992)
Point in Time
:
7/23/1992
Mass
960 kilogram
Criterion Used
:
Launch Weight
Uses
Magnetometer
Spectrometer
Operator
European Space Operations Centre
Type of Orbit
Heliocentric Orbit
Orbital Eccentricity
0.173
Orbital Inclination
2.09 degree
Orbital Period
304.6 day
Apoapsis
1.04 astronomical unit
Periapsis
0.73 astronomical unit
Different From
Giotto
Named After
Giotto
Diameter
1.85 metre
Height
1.1 metre
Applies to Part
:
Spacecraft Bus
2.85 metre
Applies to Part
:
Spacecraft
Manufacturer
British Aerospace
Epoch
July 10, 1992
Parent Astronomical Body
Sun
Semi-Major Axis of an Orbit
0.885 astronomical unit
Schematic
LABEN
Officine Galileo
Refine Date
:
10:01:18
Refine Date
:
11:23:13
Refine Date
:
00:03:01
Refine Date
:
15:30:36
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