Triton - Voyager 2

Cantaloupe terrain on Neptune's moon Triton

Triton
Voyager 2 image of the "cantaloupe" terrain near the south pole of Neptune's largest satellite, Triton. This complex, mottled landscape may be due in part to viscous flow and collapse on the surface. This image was taken with the narrow angle camera through the clear filter, and has a resolution of about 0.4 km/pixel. The frame is roughly 320 km across and north is up. (Voyager 2, 11396.27)
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High resolution tiff file (1.0M)

Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1989-08-25 T 08:51:57
Distance/Range (km): 40,000.
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A
Orbit(s): flyby

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: crater, cantaloupe terrain
Instrument: Narrow Angle Vidicon Camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): 800 x 800, 8 bit
Instrument Field of View (deg): .424 x .424
Filter: clear (0)
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A
Phase Angle (deg): N/A
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: VG_0011
NASA Image ID number: FDS 11396.27
Other Image ID number: 0363N2+000
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 77-076A-01T
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): 77-076A-01f
Other ID: N/A

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Dave Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov, (301) 286-1258
Code 690.1, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Jay Friedlander, jay.s.friedlander@nasa.gov, (301) 286-7172
Code 612.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

NASA Official: Dr. David R. Williams, David.R.Williams@nasa.gov
Last updated: 24 September 2015