Triton Voyager2 Color Mosaic Global 600m
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. 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.
The Voyager mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
Was originally released in the PDS Photojpurnal as file PIA18668.tif
- 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
- 16 May 2017
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
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
- 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
- Type of Source Media
- Online
Geospatial Information
- Minimum Latitude
- -90
- Maximum Latitude
- 90
- Minimum Longitude
- -180
- Maximum Longitude
- 180
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Raster
- Object Type
- Pixel
- Lines (pixels)
- 7069
- Samples (pixels)
- 14138
- Bit Type
- 8
- Quad Name
- Radius A
- 1350000
- Radius C
- 1350000
- Bands
- 3
- Pixel Resolution (meters/pixel)
- 600
- Scale (pixels/degree)
- 39.2699
- Horizontal Coordinate System Units
- Meters
- Map Projection Name
- Equirectangular
- Latitude Type
- Planetocentric
- Longitude Direction
- Positive East
- Longitude Domain
- -180 to 180
