Triton (moon) - Wikipedia
WEBTriton is the seventh-largest moon and sixteenth-largest object in the Solar System and is modestly larger than the dwarf planets Pluto and Eris. It is also the largest retrograde moon in the Solar System.
Map of Triton - NASA Science
WEBAug 21, 2014 · The Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Triton, a moon of Neptune, in the summer of 1989. Dr. Paul Schenk, a scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, used Voyager data to construct the best-ever global color map of Triton. This map has a resolution of 1,970 feet (600 meters) per pixel.
In Depth | Triton – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBTriton is the largest of Neptune's 13 moons. It is unusual because it is the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in the opposite direction of its planet's rotation―a retrograde orbit. Scientists think Triton is a Kuiper Belt Object captured by …
Icy Moons - Triton - Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)
WEBThe map is centered on the Equator and extends to 180° W (at left) and 180° E (at right), and from North (top) to South poles (bottom). Dr. Schenk’s blog entry about the Neptune-Triton encounter, the Pluto encounter in 2015, and the new Triton Map.
Triton - NASA Science
WEBA 3D model of Triton, a moon of Neptune. Triton has a diameter of 1,680 miles (2,700 kilometers). Spacecraft images show the moon has a sparsely cratered surface with smooth volcanic plains, mounds and round pits formed by icy lava flows.
Map of Triton - The Planetary Society
WEBMap of Triton The Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Triton, a moon of Neptune, in the summer of 1989. Dr. Paul Schenk, a scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, used Voyager data to construct the best-ever global color map of Triton. This map has a resolution of 1,970 feet (600 meters) per pixel.
Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton - NASA …
WEBAug 21, 2014 · NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft gave humanity its first close-up look at Neptune and its moon Triton in the summer of 1989. Like an old film, Voyager's historic footage of Triton has been "restored" and used to construct the best-ever global color map of that strange moon.
Map of Triton - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBAug 21, 2014 · The Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Triton, a moon of Neptune, in the summer of 1989. Dr. Paul Schenk, a scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, used Voyager data to construct the best-ever global color map of Triton. This map has a resolution of 1,970 feet (600 meters) per pixel.
Geologic Map of Triton | The Planetary Society
WEBThis map of the surface of Neptune's moon Triton has been enhanced by the inclusion of newly processed images taken by Voyager 2 as it receded from its….
Triton Moon Facts - Space Facts
WEBTriton Moon Facts. Triton is Neptune’s largest moon and is the only large moon in the solar system to orbit in the opposite direction to its planet’s rotation, this is known as a retrograde orbit.
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