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PHOTO CAPTION          (TOP)                     August 28, 1989
                                                 P-34727
                                                 Voyager 2-N68
  
This image of Neptune's satellite 1989N1 was obtained on
Aug. 25, 1989 from a range of 146,000 kilometers (91,000 miles).
The resolution is about 2.7 kilometers (1.7 miles) per line pair.
The satellite, seen here about half-illuminated, has an average
radius of some 200 kilometers (120 miles). It is dark (albedo
6 percent) and spectrally grey. Hints of crater-like forms and
groove-like lineations can be discerned. The apparent graininess
of the image is caused by the short exposure necessary to avoid
significant smear. The Voyager Mission is conducted by JPL for
NASA's Office of Space Science and Applications.
  
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