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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Solar System Portrait
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Solar System Portrait
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On another Valentine's Day [ http://www.poets.or…] (February 14, 1990), cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] spacecraft looked back to make this first ever family portrait [ http://photojournal…PIAGenCatalogPage.pl ?PIA00451 ] of our Solar System. The complete portrait is a 60 frame mosaic [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…photogallery-solarsy stem.html ] made from a vantage point 32 degrees above the ecliptic plane [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Voyager's wide angle camera frames sweep through the inner Solar System (far left) linking up with gas giant Neptune, at the time the Solar System's [ http://www.seds.org…] outermost planet (scroll right). Positions [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…family_diagram.jpg ] for Venus, Earth [ http://www.seds.org…], Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are indicated by the corresponding letters while the Sun is the bright spot near the center of the circle of frames. The inset frames [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] for each of the planets are from Voyager's narrow field camera. Unseen in the portrait are Mercury [ http://www.psrd.haw…Unveiled.html ], too close to the Sun to be detected, and Mars, unfortunately hidden by sunlight scattered in the camera's optical system. Small, faint Pluto's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] position was not covered.
Explanation
On another Valentine's Day [ http://www.poets.or…] (February 14, 1990), cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] spacecraft looked back to make this first ever family portrait [ http://photojournal…PIAGenCatalogPage.pl ?PIA00451 ] of our Solar System. The complete portrait is a 60 frame mosaic [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…photogallery-solarsy stem.html ] made from a vantage point 32 degrees above the ecliptic plane [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Voyager's wide angle camera frames sweep through the inner Solar System (far left) linking up with gas giant Neptune, at the time the Solar System's [ http://www.seds.org…] outermost planet (scroll right). Positions [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…family_diagram.jpg ] for Venus, Earth [ http://www.seds.org…], Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are indicated by the corresponding letters while the Sun is the bright spot near the center of the circle of frames. The inset frames [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] for each of the planets are from Voyager's narrow field camera. Unseen in the portrait are Mercury [ http://www.psrd.haw…Unveiled.html ], too close to the Sun to be detected, and Mars, unfortunately hidden by sunlight scattered in the camera's optical system. Small, faint Pluto's [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] position was not covered. Explanation
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February 14, 1990
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February 14, 1990
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Mars
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Mars
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Mercury
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Mercury
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Pluto
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Pluto
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Hawaii
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Hawaii
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Venus
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Venus
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Uranus
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Uranus
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Earth
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Earth
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Voyager
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Voyager
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Sun
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Sun
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Mars
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Mars
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Mercury
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Mercury
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Pluto
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Pluto
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Jupiter
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Jupiter
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Neptune
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Neptune
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Voyager 1
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Voyager 1
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Venus
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Venus
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Uranus
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Uranus
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solar system
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solar system
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1990
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1990
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SPD-APOD-ap040214
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SPD-APOD-ap040214
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