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The North American Space Agency (NASA) has used images of Triton collected by the spacecraft Voyager 2 25 August 1989 to create a new map of the moon of Neptune, as reported on its website.
The agency explains that the recording of the summer of that year, which accounted for “first look” of Neptune and its moon Triton for humanity, has been recovered now harnessed to make a satellite map of the world as well as a film that recreates the “historic” journey of Voyager 2.
The document has been prepared by the investigator of the Lunar and Planetary Institute of Houston, Paul Schenk, has a resolution of 600 meters per pixel and increased accuracy in locating the salient points to have been removed part of the blur caused by camera Voyager 2 also colors have been treated and enhanced , although still a “close” approximation of the shades natural Triton.
This map has been prepared in anticipation of the meeting “in less than a year of” unmanned space mission to Pluto New Horizons , according to NASA , which indicates that, although one is the moon of a planet and the other a dwarf planet, both share a common origin to be born in the outer solar system.
In this regard, Pluto and Triton and Pluto show a number of shared traits: although Triton is slightly larger, both have an internal density and mineralogical composition very similar . Further, the surface of the two bodies containing the same volatile materials in a frozen state as well as substances such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and methane, among others. Stock />
Therefore claims NASA expedition to Pluto will develop a comparison between the two bodies and “divergent histories” that have shaped their surfaces and to determine whether, and Triton, are found in the dwarf planet that include atmospheric plumes . within the group of the most active bodies in the outer solar system
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