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     VOYAGER 2 AT TRITON

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   Aug 21, 2014 · The Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Triton, a moon of Neptune, on August 25, 1989. Paul Schenk, a scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, use...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Voyager_2Voyager 2 - Wikipedia

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   Plot 1 is viewed from the north ecliptic pole, to scale. Plots 2 to 4 are third-angle projections at 20% scale. In the SVG file, hover over a trajectory or orbit to highlight it and its associated launches and flybys. Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program.

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   NASA's Voyager 2 is the second spacecraft to enter interstellar space. On Dec. 10, 2018, the spacecraft joined its twin – Voyager 1 – as the only human-made objects to enter the space between the stars. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to study all four of the solar system's giant planets at close range. Voyager 2 discovered a 14th moon at ...

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   • Spacecraft Mass: 1,592 pounds (721.9 kilograms)

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5. www.jpl.nasa.gov › news › voyager-map-detailsVoyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton

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   Aug 21, 2014 · The new Triton map has a resolution of 1,970 feet (600 meters) per pixel. The colors have been enhanced to bring out contrast but are a close approximation to Triton's natural colors. Voyager's "eyes" saw in colors slightly different from human eyes, and this map was produced using orange, green and blue filter images.

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   Aug 25, 2019 · And the end of Voyager 2’s planetary tour on August 25, 1989, concluded with a dazzling display of Neptune and it’s moon, Triton. The images and scientific data returned by Voyager 2 would ...

7. www.jpl.nasa.gov › news › 25-years-after-neptune25 Years After Neptune: Reflections on Voyager | NASA Jet ...

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   Aug 25, 2014 · Voyager scientists were also amazed to see that Triton, a moon of Neptune, has active geysers. "The Triton flyby was my favorite moment partly because it was a bookend. The journey really started with the discovery of volcanoes on Io with Voyager 1, 10 years earlier -- the first bookend.

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   Did NASA's Voyager 2'restore' Neptune & Triton?

   • NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first close-up look at Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989. Like an old film, Voyager's historic footage of Triton has been "restored" and used to construct the best-ever global color map of that strange moon.

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   Did Voyager study Neptune and Triton?

   • Voyager passed behind both Neptune and Triton, with instruments returning data about their atmospheres. The spacecraft also returned spectacular images of the two bodies backlit by the Sun. On its outbound journey, Voyager 2 continued to study Neptune until Oct. 2, 1989.

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   Where did the Voyager 2 spacecraft fly?

   • The Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Triton, a moon of Neptune, in the summer of 1989. › Full image and caption NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first close-up look at Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989. NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first close-up look at Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989.

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   When did Voyager 2 fly by Neptune?

   • Thirty years ago, NASA’s Voyager 2 mission flew by Neptune, capturing the first close-up images of the blue gas giant. Before this, the eighth planet in our solar system was only known as a fuzzy dot in the distance. And the end of Voyager 2’s planetary tour on August 25, 1989, concluded with a dazzling display of Neptune and it’s moon, Triton.

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   What did Voyager 2 discover?

   • Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to study all four of the solar system's giant planets at close range. Voyager 2 discovered a 14th moon at Jupiter. Voyager 2 was the first human-made object to fly past Uranus. At Uranus, Voyager 2 discovered 10 new moons and two new rings. Voyager 2 was the first human-made object to fly by Neptune.

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   How close was Voyager 2 to Neptune?

   • Neptune’s atmosphere. group photo of Despina, Thalassa, and Naiad. On Aug. 25, passing about 3,408 miles above Neptune’s north pole, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to any planet since leaving Earth in 1977. This close encounter trajectory allowed Voyager 2 to pass about 25,000 miles from Triton about five hours later.

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   Aug 26, 2019 · Left: Voyager 2 image of Triton from 330,000 miles away. Right: Voyager 2 image of Triton’s south polar region – dark areas may be volcanic ice plumes. Left: Image of Neptune’s dark rings, with the planet intentionally overexposed. Right: Parting shot of Neptune (at top) and Triton taken three days after Voyager 2’s flyby.