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Triton (Voyager 2)

This global color mosaic of Neptune’s moon Triton, likely a captured Kuiper Belt Object, was taken in 1989 by Voyager 2 during its flyby of the Neptune system. Triton is by far ...

Date
Dec 13, 2023
Observatory
James Webb Space Telescope
Credit
NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI
Archive ID
4767

This global color mosaic of Neptune’s moon Triton, likely a captured Kuiper Belt Object, was taken in 1989 by Voyager 2 during its flyby of the Neptune system. Triton is by far the largest satellite of Neptune.

Credits

Image

NASA, NASA-JPL, USGS

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