40 Years Ago: Voyager 1 Explores Saturn - NASA
WEBNov 12, 2020 · Voyager 1 measured Titan’s diameter at 3,194 miles and determined its density indicated a composition of roughly equal proportions of rock and water ice. The spacecraft then made its closest approach of 78,000 miles to Saturn’s cloud tops, swung behind the planet, and began its outbound journey.
Voyager 1 - Wikipedia
WEBVoyager 1 found that about seven percent of the volume of Saturn's upper atmosphere is helium (compared with 11 percent of Jupiter's atmosphere), while almost all the rest is hydrogen. Since Saturn's internal helium abundance was expected to be the same as Jupiter's and the Sun's, the lower abundance of helium in the upper atmosphere may imply ...
Planetary Voyage - NASA Science
WEBVoyager 1 found that about 7 percent of the volume of Saturn's upper atmosphere is helium (compared with 11 percent of Jupiter's atmosphere), while almost all the rest is hydrogen.
Fact Sheet - NASA Science
WEBThe Voyager 1 and 2 Saturn flybys occurred nine months apart, with the closest approaches falling on November 12 and August 25, 1981. Voyager 1 flew within 64,200 kilometers (40,000 miles) of the cloud tops, while Voyager 2 …
Encounter with Saturn: Voyager 1 Imaging Science Results
WEBSaturn's atmosphere has numerous, low-... As Voyager 1 flew through the Saturn system it returned photographs revealing many new and surprising characteristics of this complicated community of bodies.
Saturn’s Atmosphere - Science@NASA
WEBDec 16, 2004 · Saturn’s Atmosphere. This enhanced-color image of the northern hemisphere of Saturn taken by Voyager 1 on November 5, 1980 at a range of 9 million kilometers (5.5 million miles) shows a variety of features in Saturn's clouds. Small-scale convective cloud features.
Voyager 1 encounter with the Saturnian system - NASA Technical …
WEBThe Voyager 1 Saturn flyby mission of March 1979 is reviewed, with brief discussions of its flight, trajectory, science plan formulation and telemetered data. Analytical results of such data with respect to Saturn's atmosphere, rings, icy satellites, Titan satellite atmosphere and the Saturn magnetosphere, are summarized.
45 Years Ago: Voyager 1 Begins its Epic Journey to the Outer ... - NASA
WEBSep 7, 2022 · During the encounter, Voyager 1 returned 16,000 photographs, imaging Saturn, its rings, many of its known satellites and discovering several new ones, while its instruments returned data about Saturn’s atmosphere and magnetic field.
Encounter with Saturn - Voyager 1 imaging science results
WEBSaturn's atmosphere has numerous, low-contrast, discrete cloud features and a pattern of circulation significantly different from that of Jupiter. Titan is shrouded in a haze layer that varies in thickness and appearance.
35th Anniversary of the Voyager 1 Saturn Flyby
WEBOn November 12, 1980, 35 years ago, Voyager 1 became the second spacecraft to flyby Saturn. Its main objectives were to conduct close-up studies of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn’s rings, and the larger moons of the two planets.
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