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2000 FE 8 is part of a group of trans-Neptunian objects that orbit in a 2:5 resonance with Neptune. [6] That means that for every five orbits that Neptune completes, 2000 FE 8 makes only two. [ 3 ] Several other objects are in the same orbital resonance, the largest of which is (84522) 2002 TC 302 .
Voyager 2 started taking navigation images of Neptune in May 1988. [3] Voyager 2 's observation phase proper of Neptune began 5 June 1989, the spacecraft officially reached the Neptunian system on 25 August, and data collection ceased on 2 October. [4] Initially it was planned to use a trajectory that resulted in Voyager 2 passing around 1,300 ...
Voyager 2: 20 August 1977 [2] Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T [8] NASA: Flyby Successful Closest approach at 01:21 UTC on 26 August 1981. Flew past Iapetus, Titan, Dione, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys and Rhea at long distances. Later flew past Uranus and Neptune. [9] 3 Voyager 1: Voyager 1: 5 September 1977 [2] Titan IIIE Centaur-D1T [8] NASA: Flyby Successful
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Telescope data may have helped researchers figure out why. Four years ago, astronomers noticed the abundant clouds on Neptune had largely disappeared. Telescope data may have helped researchers ...
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First soft landing on the far side of the Moon, lunar rover. Beresheet Israel: 11 April 2019: Israeli lunar lander crash landed on the Moon. Chandrayaan-2 India: 8 September 2019: First attempt to land near the Moon's south pole; lost contact at 2.1 km and crashed. Chang'e 5 China: 1 December 2020
Neptune has long been known to have white clouds circling it, but images of the furthest planet in the solar system have shown this changing over time - the most recent image, taken by the Hubble ...