Voyager's discoveries mount on final rush to Neptune

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Aug 1989

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Aviation Week and Space Technology (ISSN 0005-2175), vol. 131, Aug. 28, 1989, p. 16-20.

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Neptune, Popular, Spacecraft Observations, Voyager 2 Mission, Photographs, Diagrams, Rings, Satellites, Atmosphere, Features, Triton, Spacecraft, Technical Aspects

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On its final approach to Neptune, Voyager 2 detected not only two new moons, designated 1989N5 and 1989N6, but shadows cast by high cyrrus-type clouds on a lower cloud deck in the planet's south polar region. Voyager scientists have also been carefully watching for massive features in Neptune's unexpectedly dynamic atmosphere; such similarities were noted between Jupiter's Great Red Spot and Neptune's Great Dark Spot, a feature comparable to the earth in size, as a 20-22 deg south latitude location. Voyager is programmed to fly about 25,000 miles above Triton on its way out of the plane of the ecliptic. Voyager will be imaging Triton during the end of a 100-year cycle in which its south pole has been subjected to increased solar heating.

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