Neptune Orbiter
| Status | Avslagen |
|---|---|
| Typ | Kretsare/landare |
| Organisation | NASA |
| Uppskjutning | |
| Uppskjutning | Tidigast 2016 |
| Omloppsbana runt Neptunus | |
Neptune Orbiter var en föreslagen rymdsond från NASA, som skulle utforska Neptunus. Uppskjutningen var planerad till 2016. Det skulle ta mellan 8 och 12 år att nå planeten. Dess huvuduppdrag är att studera Neptunus atmosfär och väder, dess ringsystem och dess månar, speciellt Triton
Farkosten skulle även bära med sig ett antal små rymdsonder. En Tritonlandare och flera atmosfärssonder.
Externa länkar
- Neptune/Triton Orbiter Profile av NASA's Solar System Exploration
- Cassini-Huygens-level science from NASA’s “Neptune orbiter with probes” vision mission (PDF)
- The Case For A Neptune Orbiter/Multi-probe Mission (PDF)
- Neptune Revisited
- Reaching Toward Neptune: Two Ways to Explore an Ice Giant
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Neptune
Original Caption Released with Image: During August 16 and 17, 1989, the Voyager 2 narrow-angle camera was used to photograph Neptune almost continuously, recording approximately two and one-half rotations of the planet. These images represent the most complete set of full disk Neptune images that the spacecraft will acquire. This picture from the sequence shows two of the four cloud features which have been tracked by the Voyager cameras during the past two months. The large dark oval near the western limb (the left edge) is at a latitude of 22 degrees south and circuits Neptune every 18.3 hours. The bright clouds immediately to the south and east of this oval are seen to substantially change their appearances in periods as short as four hours. The second dark spot, at 54 degrees south latitude near the terminator (lower right edge), circuits Neptune every 16.1 hours. This image has been processed to enhance the visibility of small features, at some sacrifice of color fidelity. The Voyager Mission is conducted by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications.
Neptune
Original Caption Released with Image: During August 16 and 17, 1989, the Voyager 2 narrow-angle camera was used to photograph Neptune almost continuously, recording approximately two and one-half rotations of the planet. These images represent the most complete set of full disk Neptune images that the spacecraft will acquire. This picture from the sequence shows two of the four cloud features which have been tracked by the Voyager cameras during the past two months. The large dark oval near the western limb (the left edge) is at a latitude of 22 degrees south and circuits Neptune every 18.3 hours. The bright clouds immediately to the south and east of this oval are seen to substantially change their appearances in periods as short as four hours. The second dark spot, at 54 degrees south latitude near the terminator (lower right edge), circuits Neptune every 16.1 hours. This image has been processed to enhance the visibility of small features, at some sacrifice of color fidelity. The Voyager Mission is conducted by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications.