2015 Event Scientists have concluded that a large ocean exists beneath the icy surface of Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter; the discovery was made by using the Hubble Space Telescope to observe aurora movements at the moon's poles 2010 Event The brightest object in the night sky next to the Moon is the planet Jupiter, as it makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963 2009 Death Chuck Daly, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics, dies at 78 in Jupiter, Florida 2000 Event Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon 1997 Death Eugene Shoemaker, astronomer, co-discoverer of the Shoemaker-Levy comet that had a spectacular collision with Jupiter in 1994, dies at 69 1995 Event U.S. space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter 1994 Event 23rd and last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter, since July 16th 1994 Event Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd) 1994 Event Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter 1994 Event 1st parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd) 1994 Event Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter 1992 Event Galileo's nearest approach to Jupiter (303 km) 1992 Event Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter 1983 Event Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io 1983 Death Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72 1979 Event Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter 1979 Event Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) 1979 Event Voyager 1 passes Jupiter 1979 Event 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Io, a satellite of Jupiter 1979 Event Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) 1979 Event U.S. Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings 1977 Event Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 1977 Event Voyager 1 (U.S.) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn 1977 Event NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 1974 Event Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter 1973 Event Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter 1973 Event Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) 1973 Event Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn 1973 Event Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter 1972 Event Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby 1962 Event Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees 1961 Death P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies 1959 Event Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission 1958 Event USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's 1951 Event S. B. Nicholson discovers 12th satellite of Jupiter 1936 Birthday Donald [Anthony] Moffitt, U.S., sci-fi author, Jupiter Theft 1927 Birthday Dany Robin, actress, Follow the Boys, Topaz, Jupiter, Julietta 1923 Death Edward E Barnard, U.S. astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65 1908 Event Pasiphae, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte 1905 Event Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara 1905 Event Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine 1892 Event E E Barnard at Lick discovers Amalthea, 5th Jupiter moon 1857 Birthday Edward Emerson Barnard, born in Tennessee, astronomer, Jupiter's 5th satellite 1840 Birthday Constance Fenimore Woolson, born in New Hampshire, writer, Jupiter Lights 1837 Birthday Henry Draper, born in Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer, Moon, Jupiter 1711 Birthday Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry, Complete Works 1630 Event Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi, 1st to see 2 belts on Jupiter surface 1610 Event Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter 1610 Event Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede 1610 Event German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610 1345 Event Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
