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A color photo showing Triton from the south pole up to just above the equator. The surface is tan and brown with some white highlights near the bottom of the disk. Just above is a spray of light material across the surface, from one side of the disk to the other.

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A color photo showing Triton from the south pole up to just above the equator. The surface is tan and brown with some white highlights near the bottom of the disk. Just above is a spray of light material across the surface, from one side of the disk to the other.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Aug-2023 08:47:36 JST Robert McNees
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Images of Neptune’s moon Triton and its surface captured by Voyager 2 as it sailed past.
Of all the large objects in the solar system, Triton has the most circular orbit. The eccentricity is only about 0.00002.
Images: NASA / JPL

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