Uranus: strange encounter looming.

From: Science News | Date: November 9, 1985| Author: Eberhart, J. | Copyright information

Uranus: Strange Encounter Looming

On the surface, as an omen of things to come, it looks pretty dull. In less than 11 weeks, the Voyager 2 spacecraft will flash past Uranus, taking the first close-ups of a planet so distant that it is virtually invisible to the naked eye. Yet photos and other data from the rapidly approaching probe still reveal only a featureless fluffball, with no radio emissions (Jupiter's can be "heard' all the way to earth) and not even a trace of t...

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