Voyager 2's Uranus; 'totally different'.

From: Science News | Date: February 1, 1986| Author: Eberhart, Jonathan | Copyright information

"Data compression" is a technical term, referring to a computer technique that would increase the amount of information the Voyager 2 spacecraft could transmit to earth from its distant encounter with the planet Uranus. But the phrase turned out to be a more than adequate description of the entire event--an intense few days that had scientists reeling under startling findings and that at least tripled the planet's already considerable medley of known moons.

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