unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (08/28/89)
--> PORTED TO UNITEX BY: ABC World News Tonight Friday August 25, 1989 Jim Slade Pasadena, California 2:00 (10%) When Voyager finally got to Neptune, 2.8 billion miles away, it was Neptune's biggest of 6 moons, Triton, that fascinated scientists. Planetary scientist Dr. RICHARD TERRIDE says that as the pictures came in, everyone was stunned by the variety of landscapes, with different kinds of terrain. TERRIDE says the darker terrain is older, with craters. Triton has a hazy atmosphere, 3 to 7 miles high, that is probably laced with nitrogen and natural gas, organic gases that are super cold, minus 350 degrees. Triton is believed to be a piece of planetary material caught by Neptune's gravity, and orbiting backwards. It is about the size of the Earth's moon, but scientists call Triton a planet. TERRIDE says it is a world circling a world. Voyager has now begun sending its final pictures of Neptune. * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | UNITEX : United Nations patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-