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New Horizons takes a gravity assist at Jupiter

Gained about four years on the cruise to Pluto while testing every instrument on the Jupiter system. An event in the record — no path is drawn from it. Encounter class: gravity assist.

Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.

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Evidence

Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.

Recorded on New Horizons

  1. Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter — the first spacecraft to reach the outer Solar System
  2. Pioneer 11 passes Jupiter, bending north toward Saturn
  3. Voyager 1 closest approach to Jupiter
  4. Active volcanism found on Io
  5. Voyager 2 closest approach to Jupiter
  6. Galileo enters orbit around Jupiter — the first outer-planet orbiter
  7. Cassini passes Jupiter for a final speed boost toward Saturn
  8. Galileo is flown into Jupiter to end its mission
  9. New Horizons takes a gravity assist at Jupiter
  10. New Horizons passes Pluto — the first close encounter
  11. Juno enters polar orbit around Jupiter
  12. New Horizons passes Arrokoth — the most distant body ever visited

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