Voyager 2 builds suspense for Neptune.

From: Science News | Date: July 15, 1989| Author: Eberhart, J. | Copyright information

Voyager 2 Builds Suspense for Neptune

As Voyager 2 approaches Neptune, its newest findings are creating great expectations for the craft's Aug. 24 encounter with the planet. With six weeks and 37 million miles to go, Voyager's photos already have led to the discovery of only the third Neptunian moon identified since German astronomer Johann Galle found the planet itself in 1846. The images also reveal an oval cloud, wider than Mars, that may mark a huge atmospheric stor...

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