Voyager 2 passes Saturn and continues towards Uranus
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With Titan already surveyed by Voyager 1, Voyager 2's Saturn pass could be shaped purely for onward travel. The encounter resolved the rings into thousands of ringlets and found structures — braids, spokes and shepherd moons — that existing ring dynamics did not predict. The gravity assist set the spacecraft on the four-and-a-half-year cruise to Uranus.
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- Voyager 2concerns
- Saturnconcerns
- Gravity assistconcerns
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