Voyager 2's encounter with the gas giants

Details Voyager 2's encounter with the gas giants Voyager 2's encounter with the gas giants

Jul 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990pht....43g..40m&link_type=abstract

Physics Today (ISSN 0031-9228), vol. 43, July 1990, p. 40-47.

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Gas Giant Planets, Solar System, Space Exploration, Voyager 2 Spacecraft, Earth (Planet), Jupiter (Planet), Neptune (Planet), Planetary Rings, Satellite Surfaces, Saturn (Planet), Uranus (Planet), Space, Exploration, Voyager 2 Mission, Gas Planets, Photographs, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Mission Description, History, Experiments, Io, Spacecraft, Equipment, Science Aspects, Atmosphere, Satellites, Diagrams, Thermal Properties, Electromagnetic Properties, Rings, Surface, Miranda, Magnetic Field, Compos

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The findings made by Voyager 2 as it passed by the gas giants are reviewed. The unexpected problems that had to be overcome during the mission, including receiver failure and scan platform problems, are described. The scientific instrumentation aboard Voyager is briefly examined, and the major types of Voyager scientific investigations and principal investigators are listed. The scientific findings regarding the atmospheres, thermal properties, electromagnetic environments, ring systems, satellite surfaces, body properties, and bulk properties are examined.

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