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Great Red Spot Close Imaging

Name: Great Red Spot Close Imaging – United States of America factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States of America · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1979Date range

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Chronological records

1979

Bradford A. SmithMarch 1979

Jupiter · Science / Astronomy

Voyager 1 obtains detailed images of the Great Red Spot and surrounding turbulent cloud motions.

Names involved

Bradford A. Smith

Provenance

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