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  2. Calabash Nebula - Wikipedia

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    The Calabash Nebula, also known as the Rotten Egg Nebula or by its technical name OH 231.84 +4.22, is a protoplanetary nebula (PPN) 1.4 light years (13 Pm) long and located some 5,000 light years (47 Em) from Earth in the constellation Puppis.

  3. Spirit (rover) - Wikipedia

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    Planetary Photojournal, NASA JPL's Planetary Photojournal for Spirit NASA TV Special Events Schedule Archived December 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine for MER News Briefings at JPL Mission Status updates from NASA JPL Archived December 4, 2004, at the Wayback Machine

  4. Pale Blue Dot - Wikipedia

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    Commissioned by NASA and resulting from the advocacy of astronomer and author Carl Sagan, the photograph was interpreted in Sagan's 1994 book, Pale Blue Dot, as representing humanity's minuscule and ephemeral place amidst the cosmos. [1] Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977, with the initial purpose of studying the outer Solar System ...

  5. List of tallest mountains in the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    3-D anaglyphs of Rheasilvia's central peak at photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov: top view and side view; Color views of Rheasilvia's central peak at Planetary.org: side view (peak is at upper right) and mosaic of Vesta's southern hemisphere; Color panorama of Aeolis Mons from 21 September 2012 (smaller color-balanced view here)

  6. Pan (moon) - Wikipedia

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    Pan is the innermost named moon of Saturn. [4] It is approximately 35 kilometres across and 23 km wide and orbits within the Encke Gap in Saturn's A Ring.Pan is a ring shepherd and is responsible for keeping the Encke Gap free of ring particles.

  7. Saturn's hexagon - Wikipedia

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    Edge of the hexagon from Planetary Photojournal; Saturn's Hexagon Comes to Light, APOD January 22, 2012; In the Center of Saturn's North Polar Vortex, Astronomy Picture of the Day – December 4, 2012; Video of hexagon's rotation from NASA; NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Obtains Best Views of Saturn Hexagon (December 4, 2013) Animated vortex view ...

  8. Family Portrait (Voyager) - Wikipedia

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    The Family Portrait of the Solar System taken by Voyager 1. The Family Portrait, or sometimes Portrait of the Planets, is an image of the Solar System acquired by Voyager 1 on February 14, 1990, from a distance of approximately 6 billion km (40 AU; 3.7 billion mi) from Earth. It features individual frames of six planets and a partial background ...

  9. Hyperion (moon) - Wikipedia

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    at NASA's Solar System Exploration site; The Planetary Society: Hyperion; NASA: Saturn's Hyperion, A Moon With Odd Craters; Cassini images of Hyperion Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine; Images of Hyperion at JPL's Planetary Photojournal; Hyperion nomenclature from the USGS planetary nomenclature page