This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. |
A Trip Into Space Neptune Satellites And Rings Neptune's Satellites - View Of Crescent Neptune And Triton | |
See also: Neptunian Satellite Fact Sheet |
Voyager 2 image of the crescents of Neptune and Triton taken on its outbound path, about 3 days after closest approach. The picture is a composite of images taken from a distance of almost 5 million km as Voyager 2 flew southward at an angle of 48 degrees to the ecliptic after its encounter with Neptune, the final encounter of its journey through the solar system. (Voyager 2, P-34761)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27