PIA01489: Uranus' Atmosphere
A latitude-longitude grid superimposed on this false color image obtained by NASA's Voyager 2 in 1986 shows that Uranus' atmosphere circulates in the same direction as the planet rotates.
 Target Name:  Uranus
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Voyager 
 Spacecraft:  Voyager 2
 Product Size:  954 x 962 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Producer ID:  2601778  
 Addition Date:  1998-10-30 
 Primary Data Set:  Voyager EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA01489.tif (2.298 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA01489.jpg (94.54 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

A latitude-longitude grid superimposed on this Voyager 2 false color image shows that Uranus' atmosphere circulates in the same direction as the planet rotates.

JPL manages and controls the Voyager project for NASA's Office of Space Science.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1998-10-30