Neptunian System Imaging |
Neptunian System Imaging |
Oct 11 2010, 09:30 AM
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Neptune from Voyager 2. Color is from images with CH4JS, green and orange filter.
Shadows of three moons are visible. Second image is with possible interpretation. -------------------- |
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May 5 2021, 02:59 PM
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Was any parts of Neptuneshine on triton visible during the closest approach?
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May 5 2021, 03:39 PM
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The timing of the Voyager 2 encounter at Neptune was almost perfectly wrong for such opportunities. Triton's Neptune-facing hemisphere was in sunlight at the time of the encounter.
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May 5 2021, 05:22 PM
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The timing of the Voyager 2 encounter at Neptune was almost perfectly wrong for such opportunities. Triton's Neptune-facing hemisphere was in sunlight at the time of the encounter. so at what point in the encounter gives us the higher quality neptuneshine sense closes point it was in sunlight |
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May 6 2021, 03:07 AM
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so at what point in the encounter gives us the higher quality neptuneshine sense closes point it was in sunlight In principle, there would have been some time after the encounter when Triton was in a "new" phase as seen from Neptune, but Voyager 2 would have been very far away at that time. Voyager 2 was moving very fast when it passed Neptune, entering and then leaving proximity in well under a day. Triton would have taken about three days to get back around to a "new" phase. |
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