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Voyager

Andis Gab

J Sher

Bert

Dan Dan

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  • In the “Heliosheath” –the outermost layer of the heliosphere
  • They launch the Voyager 1 in September 5, 1977, Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977
  • Visible wavelength
  • The primary mission was the exploration of Jupiter and Saturn
  • Voyager 2 explored Uranus and Neptune

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  • The adventures’ current mission, the Voyager Interstellar Mission, will explore the outer most edge of the Sun’s domain.

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  • Neptune's Great Dark Spot and 1,600 kilometer-per-hour winds (1,000 miles per hour)
  • Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere with dozens of interacting hurricane-like storm systems
  • Waves and fine structure in Saturn's icy rings from the tugs of nearby moons, and small moons shepherding the narrow, kinky F-ring
  • An indication of an ocean beneath the cracked icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa

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Fun Facts

  • Both voyagers are the only spacecrafts to go out of the solar system
  • As of March 2010, Voyager 1 was at a distance of 16.9 billion kilometers (~ 113 AU) from the Sun.
  • A total of 11,000 workyears was devoted to the Voyager project through the Neptune encounter.
  • Voyager 2 launched on August 20, 1977, from Cape Canaveral, Florida aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket.
  • On September 5, Voyager 1 launched

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Reference

  • http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/