Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990s%26t....79..146b&link_type=abstract
Sky and Telescope (ISSN 0037-6604), vol. 79, Feb. 1990, p. 146-155.
Physics
Neptune Atmosphere, Planetary Surfaces, Satellite Imagery, Triton, Nasa Space Programs, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Neptune, Popular, Photographs, Diagrams, Atmosphere, Satellites, Rings, Features, Surface, Dust, Triton, Ejecta, Plumes, Ionosphere, Spectra, Characteristics, Maps, Spacecraft Observations, Voyager 2 Mission, Winds, Magnetic Fields, Magnetosphere, Atmosphere, Winds, Circulation, Space, Moolets, Ring Arcs, Exploration
Scientific paper
The flight of Voyager 2 during its photographic and data collecting mission is reviewed. Some of the more significant details and observations noted are: NASA's coupling its 70- and 34-meter dishes in order to receive the maximum transmission rate of 21,600 bits per second cleanly, the first evidence that a magnetosphere populated by charged particles existed and that the planet had an intrinsic magnetic field, and the rapidly changing cloud formations in an atmosphere that is predominantly hydrogen, with as much as 25 percent helium and at least one percent methane. Also noted are: Neptunes temperatures and infrared radiation emissions, the rings of Neptune, the imagery of Triton, the well-inclined, retrograde orbit of Triton, and Neptune's satellites.
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