Voyager 2
space probe launched by NASA to study the outer Solar System, second furthest spacecraft from Earth after Voyager 1
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Summary
Voyager 2 is a flyby probe[1]. It draws 10,540 Wikipedia views per month (flyby probe category, ranking #2 of 8).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: Zamenhof-Esperanto object[3]
- Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration[4]
- Follows: Voyager 1[5]
- Manufacturer: Jet Propulsion Laboratory[6]
- Part of: Voyager program[7]
- Commons category: Voyager 2[8]
- Space launch vehicle: Titan IIIE[9]
- Country of origin: United States[10]
- Powered by: MHW-RTG[11]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: August 20, 1977[12]
- Significant event: rocket launch[13], planetary flyby[14]
- Official website: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Voyager 2[16]
- Commons gallery: Voyager 2[17]
- Space tug: Centaur[18]
- Carries scientific instrument: infrared interferometer spectrometer and radiometer[19]
- Start point: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41[20]
- Destination point: Jupiter[21], Saturn[22], Uranus[23], Neptune[24], interstellar medium[25]
- Speed: 15.37414 kilometre per second[26]
- Mass: 815 kg[27], 735 kg[28]
- Nominal power output: 470 watt[29]
- Distance from Earth: 11262402129.3 km[30], 13850402129.3 km[31], 114.06 astronomical unit[32], 122.119 astronomical unit[33], 129.746 astronomical unit[34], 136.10177437 astronomical unit[35]
- Power consumed: 420 watt[36]
Why It Matters
Voyager 2 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
It is credited with the discovery of Great Dark Spot[39], an extraterrestrial vortex[40]; Pan[41], a moon of Saturn[42]; Puck[43], a moon of Uranus[44]; Proteus[45], a moon of Neptune[46]; Larissa[47], a moon of Neptune[48]; and Galatea[49], a moon of Neptune[50].
FAQs
What did Voyager 2 discover?
Voyager 2 is credited as discoverer of Great Dark Spot[39], Pan[41], Puck[43], and Proteus[45].