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The idea of having a conference in Padova describing the results obtained by the Galileo spacecraft and the characteristics of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo began in 1995, when a number of colleagues from both sides of the Atlantic began exchanging suggestions and ideas. Looking at the schedules of the two teams, it was clear that the beginning of January 1997 would be a good time to hold the conference; these dates also luckily coincided with the dates of the memorable discovery of the Medicean moons of Jupiter by Galileo Galilei in Padova in 1610. To emphasize these three elements, the name of the conference was then proposed and accepted by the involved parties: NASA and JPL in the United States, the German space agency DARA, the University of Padova, and the Astronomical Observatory in Padova. I wish to recall a few key dates: In January 1610, Galileo--from his house in Padova--had the first hint of three and then four stars connected to Jupiter. In December 1995, the probe released from the spacecraft entered the atmosphere of Jupiter, and the spacecraft entered orbit about Jupiter. These extraordinary events were followed at JPL by a number of representatives of many institutions and space agencies. In June 1996, the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo was inaugurated by the King of Spain Juan Carlos I, in the presence of Prof. Luigi Berlinguer, Minister of University and Science. These ceremonies occurred as the spacecraft started touring the moon Europa.
List of contents
The Man.- Galileo's Telescopic Observations: The Marvel and Meaning of Discovery.- The Discovery by Galileo of Jupiter's Moons.- The Abodes of Galileo Galilei in Padova.- The Galileo Spacecraft.- Project Galileo - The Jupiter Mission.- The German Contribution to Project Galileo.- Galileo at Jupiter: First Results.- Images from the Galileo Mission.- The Galileo Spacecraft Architecture.- The Galileo Spacecraft: A Communications Legacy for Future Space Flight.- Galileo's Telecommunications Using the Low-Gain Spacecraft Antenna.- Navigation of the Galileo Spacecraft.- Galileo Spacecraft Operations.- Galileo's Legacy to Cassini: Historical, Philosophical, and Physical.- The Medicean Moons.- The Formation of Jupiter's Satelites: Relation of Present Appearance with Past History.- Geology of Europa: Galileo Update.- Bombardment History of the Jovian System.- Atmospheres of the Medicean Moons.- The Io Plasma Torus.- Observations of Mutual Events Between Jupiter Satellites.- Control Networks of the Galilean Satellites: Solutions for Size and Shape.- Atmospheres.- Chemistry and Clouds of the Jupiter's Atmosphere: A Galileo Perspective.- Galileo Infrared Observations of Jupiter.- The Dynamics of Jupiter's Atmosphere from the Galileo Orbiter Imaging System.- Galileo Probe Measurements of the Deep Zonal Winds of Jupiter.- On the Origin of Jupiter's Atmosphere and the Volatiles on the Medicean Stars.- Magnetospheres.- The Magnetic Fields of the Galilean Moons of Jupiter: The Galileo Spacecraft Magnetometer Results.- Dust Measurements from Galileo's Second Orbit About Jupiter.- The Energetic Particles Detector (EPD) aboard the Galileo Spacecraft: First Results in the Jovian Magnetosphere.- The Galileo Telescope.- The Galileo Italian National Telescope and itsInstrumentation.- The Galileo Telescope's Active Optics System.- The Adaptive Optics Module for the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo.- Instrumentation and Observing Techniques from Galilei to the TNG.- Data Handling and Archiving at the Galileo Telescope.- Remote Control of the Galileo Telescope and the EU "REMOT".- SARG: The High Resolution Spectrograph of TNG.- A Real-Time Speckle Facility for the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo.- Seeing Prevision - A Possible Application to the TNG Telescope at La Palma.- Eclipse Observations of the Lunar Atmosphere from the TNG Site.- Coordination of Space and Ground-Based Observations.- Dynamics in the Jovian System.- Ground-based Remote Sensing of Energetic Neutral Atoms in Jupiter's Magnetosphere.- Analysis of Galileo Doppler Measurements During the Solar Occultations in 1994 and 1995.- Plates.- Organizing Institutions and Committees.- Author Index.- List of Participants.
