Uranus - Voyager visits a dark planet

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Aug 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986nage..170..178g&link_type=abstract

National Geographic (ISSN 0027-9358), vol. 170, Aug. 1986, p. 178-194.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Planetology, Spaceborne Astronomy, Uranus (Planet), Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Flyby Missions, Planetary Magnetic Fields, Uranus Atmosphere, Uranus Rings, Uranus Satellites

Scientific paper

A brief chronology and summary of the results of early data analysis is presented of events which transpired as Voyager 2 performed a flyby of Uranus. The spacecraft instrumentation relayed data on the Uranian magnetic field, radio occultations caused by the ring system, and spectrographic data of the planet and the moons. Numerous photographic reproductions are provided of the imagery transmitted by the spacecraft, including close-ups of the catastrophically scarred face of Miranda and traces of the shepherd moons which were detected within the ring system. Photographic images are also presented of the moon Ariel, Umbrial, Titania and Oberon, and of the blue-green limb of Uranus. The main goals of further analyses of the data are discussed.

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