One is Pluto. The other is Earth. During the encounter Galileo studied several aspects of the Earth-Moon system, which also served as a test of its instruments. Having verified their search techniques in the Decmber 1990 encounter, scientists are now planning for the 1992 Earth flyby. At that time they expect to use Galileo to search for aviatrix Amelia Earhart and labor leader Jimmy Hoffa.
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