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Voyager 2 - Uranus Encounter : 06-January-2010
Photographs supplied by Glen Yeomans
The monument commemorates the Voyager 2 encounter with the planet Uranus in 1986.
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew closely past distant Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, in January 1986. At its closest, the spacecraft came within 81,500 kilometers of Uranus's cloudtops on January 24, 1986. Voyager 2 radioed thousands of images and voluminous amounts of other scientific data on the planet, its moons, rings, atmosphere, interior and the magnetic environment surrounding Uranus.
Location
| Address: | 421 Discovery Drive, Deep Space Tracking Station, Paddys River, 2620 |
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| State: | ACT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.403394 Long: 148.983297 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Technology |
| Sub-Theme: | Science |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 25-January-1986 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 25-January-1986 |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MATo commemorate the Voyager 2 encounter with Uranus
25 January 1986
And mark the long association of AWA with the Department of Science and space tracking in Australia.
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
