Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Image eXchange Collection
Title:
Oberon at Voyager Closest Approach
Description:
This Voyager 2 picture of Oberon is the best the spacecraft acquired of Uranus' outermost moon. The picture was taken shortly after 3:30 a.m. PST on Jan. 24, 1986, from a distance of 660,000 kilometers (410,000 miles). The color was reconstructed from images taken through the narrow-angle camera's violet, clear and green filters. The picture shows features as small as 12 km (7 mi) on the moon's surface. Clearly visible are several large impact craters in Oberon's icy surface surrounded by bright rays similar to those seen on Jupiter's moon Callisto. Quite prominent near the center of Oberon's disk is a large crater with a bright central peak and a floor partially covered with very dark material. This may be icy, carbon-rich material erupted onto the crater floor sometime after the crater formed. Another striking topographic feature is a large mountain, about 6 km (4 mi) high, peeking out on the lower left limb. The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Date:
01.25.1986
Credit:
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL) [ http://photojournal…]
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Jupiter
facet_what:
Voyager
facet_what:
Callisto
facet_what:
Voyager 2
facet_what:
Uranus
facet_what:
Oberon
facet_where:
Jupiter
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Callisto
facet_where:
Uranus
facet_where:
Oberon
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
01-25-1986
facet_when_year:
1986
Media:
IMAGE
ID:
PIA00034
Other ID:
P29501
UID:
SPD-NIX-PIA00034
orignial url:
http://nix.ksc.nasa…

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