| NASA Center: |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Image # : |
PIA01492 |
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| Date : |
04/02/1990
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Title
Neptune Full Disk View
Full Description
This picture of Neptune was produced from the last whole planet
images taken through the green and orange filters on the Voyager 2
narrow angle camera. The images were taken at a range of 4.4 million
miles from the planet, 4 days and 20 hours before closest approach.
The picture shows the Great Dark Spot and its companion bright smudge;
on the west limb the fast moving bright feature called Scooter and the
little dark spot are visible. These clouds were seen to persist for as
long as Voyager's cameras could resolve them. North of these, a bright
cloud band similar to the south polar streak may be seen.
Years later, when the Hubble telescope was focused on the planet, these
atmospheric features had changed, indicating that Neptune's atmosphere is
dynamic.
The Voyager Mission is conducted by JPL for NASA's Office of Space
Science and Applications, Washington, DC.
Keywords
Neptune Voyager 2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL
Subject Category
Voyager-Galileo, Planet-Neptune,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JPL
- Center Number:
PIA01492
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000443
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
| Thumbnail |
.jpg |
66 |
66 |
8 |
| Small |
.jpg |
467 |
466 |
126 |
| Medium |
.jpg |
1094 |
1093 |
769 |
| Large |
.jpg |
2188 |
2185 |
3,532 |
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