Triton Voyager 2 Global Color Mosaic 600m v1

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 [m]). The colors have been enhanced to bring out contrast but are a close approximation to Triton's natural colors. Voyager's "eyes" saw in colors slightly different from human eyes, and this map was produced using orange, green and blue filter images (Smith et al., 1989).

The Voyager mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, USA. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) manages JPL for NASA.

Originally released in the PDS Photojpurnal as file PIA18668.tif

References:

Abelson, P. H. (1989). Voyager 2 at Neptune and Triton. Science, 246(4936), 1369. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.246.4936.1369

Smith, B. A., et al. (1989). Voyager 2 at Neptune: Imaging science results. Science, 246(4936), 1422-1449. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.246.4936.1422

Stone, E. C. & Miner, E. D. (1989). The Voyager 2 encounter with the Neptunian System. Science, 246(4936), 1417-1421. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.246.4936.1417

Publisher: Planetary Data System
Publication Date: 21 August 2014
Author: Lunar and Planetary Institute
Originator: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr. Paul Schenk
Group: PDS
Added to Astropedia: 13 May 2016
Modified: 28 August 2019

General

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: Global Mosaic, Raster Data, Remote-sensing Data
PIA18668: 2014-08-21
Online Linkage: https://planetarymaps.usgs.gov/mosaic/Triton_Voyager2_ClrMosaic_GlobalFill_600m.tif
Native Data Set Environment: ISIS v3
Supplemental Information: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18668, https://pds-rings.seti.org/neptune/, https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/outerp/trit.html, https://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXXVII/congress/4_pdf/172.pdf, https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/triton

Keywords

System: Neptune
Target: Triton
Theme: Image Processing, Remote Sensing, Satellites
Instrument: ISS

Contact and Distribution

Access Constraints: public domain
Use Constraints: Please cite authors

Data Status and Quality

Currentness Reference: Publication date
Progress: Complete
Update Frequency: As needed
Completeness Report: Large gap at the north pole
Process Description: Grid lines were filled by neighboring pixels. We will try to find the original version without grid lines.

Lineage

PDS Status: PDS 3 Like
Source PDS Archive: Voyager
Source Originator: Planetary Data Systems (PDS)
Source Publication Date: 21 August 2014
Source Title: Voyager EDRs
Source Online Linkage: http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/volumes/voyager.html, https://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/portal/voyager_mission.html
Type of Source Media: Online