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.
| 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.
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A Trip Into Space  Neptune Satellites And Rings Neptune's Satellite Triton - Two Days Before Voyager 2 Closest Approach |
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| See also: Neptunian Satellite Fact Sheet, Neptune's Satellite Triton, Neptune's Satellite Triton - Surface View |   |
False-color image of Neptune's moon, Triton, taken by Voyager 2 two days before closest approach. At 2,700 km diameter, Triton is Neptune's largest satellite. The smallest features resolvable in this image are about 47 km across. This image is a composite of three images taken through ultraviolet, green, and violet filters. (Voyager 2, P-34665)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27