mission GIOTTO [EUROPIAN SPACE AGENCY]

                                                    MISSION -GIOTTO

MISSION-GIOTTO

COUNTRY/AGENCY -EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY

LAUNCH DATE -JULY 2,1985

ENCOUNTER DATE -MARCH 13,1986, JULY 10,1992

COMET EXPLORED -COMET HALEY[1986]

                                    COMET GRIGY-SKJELLERUP[1992]

ENCOUNTER  CHARACTERSTICS:-

ITS IMAGE SHOWED FOR FIRST TIME THE SHAPE OF A COMET NUCLEUS AND FOUND THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF ORGANIC MATERIAL IN A COMET