Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
A Solar System Portrait
Explanation:
As the Voyager 1 spacecraft [ http://vraptor.jpl.…] headed out of our Solar System [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], it looked back and took a parting family portrait [ http://nssdc.gsfc.n…] of the Sun [ http://www.seds.org…] and planets. From beyond Pluto [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], our Solar System looks like a bright star surrounded by faint dots. In the above picture [ http://photojournal…], the Sun is so bright it is blocked out for contrast. The innermost dots visible, labeled E and V for Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Venus [ http://www.nasm.edu…], are particularly hard to discern. Gas giants Jupiter [ http://www.jpl.nasa…] (J) and Saturn [ http://www.seds.org…] (S) are much more noticeable. The outermost planets visible are Uranus [ http://www.hawastso…] (U) and Neptune [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (N). Each planet is shown labeled and digitally enhanced in an inset image. Voyager 1 is only one of four human-made objects to leave our Solar System, the other three being Voyager 2, and Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11.
Credit and Copyright:
Voyager 1 [ http://vraptor.jpl.…] Team, NASA
keyword:
Solar System
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Pluto
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Saturn
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Jupiter
facet_where:
Venus
facet_where:
Uranus
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
Voyager
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Pluto
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
Neptune
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Voyager 1
facet_what:
Venus
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Uranus
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Pioneer 10
facet_what:
Pioneer 11
facet_what:
solar system
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap990505

A Solar System Portrait
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