The Voyager 2 encounter with Uranus
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The Voyager Uranus/Interstellar Mission is the continuation of the NASA program of exploration of the outer solar system. The first phase of the Voyager program included encounters with Jupiter and Saturn as summarized in the Journal of Geophysical Research (volume 86, pages 8123–8841, 1981, and volume 88, pages 8639–9018, 1983). With the successful completion of this first phase a second phase was undertaken with the objectives of exploring the Uranus system and investigating the interplanetary and interstellar media. Additional objectives included preserving the capability for extending the investigations to include an encounter with the Neptune system and a search for the heliopause.
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At present, we can only rely on astrometric optical observations of Uranus, apart from very few radiometric data collected by Voyager 2 during its flyby in 1986.
“Unfortunately, at present, we can only rely on astrometric optical observations of the bluish planet, apart from very few radiometric data collected by the Voyager 2 probe during its flyby in 1986 [36,37].”
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- Authors
- Stone, E. C.
- Affiliations
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Stone, E. C.
- ORCID
- Stone, E. C.
- Venue
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 1987-12-30
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- A13
- Pages
- 14873-14876
- ISSN
- 0148-0227 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2158566859
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 2.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (publishedVersion)
- CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- California Institute of Technology
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Keywords
- Voyager 2, Uranus, Uranian system, outer planet exploration, interstellar medium, heliopause, planetary atmospheres, planetary magnetospheres
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