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Atlas Discovery

Name: Atlas Discovery – United States factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

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

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1980Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1980

Bradford A. SmithNovember 1980

Saturn · Science / Astronomy

Voyager science imagery identifies the small Saturnian moon later named Atlas.

Names involved

Bradford A. Smith

Provenance

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