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Saturn - Brown Ovals in Northern Hemisphere
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Caption:
Two brown ovals, at right, some 10,000 kilometers (6,000 miles) across, were found at approximately 40` and 60` latitude in Saturn's northern hemisphere by Voyager 1. The photo was taken on November 7, 1980, from a range of 7,500,000 kilometers (4,600,000 miles). The polar oval (upper right) has a structure similar to the Saturn red spot located in the southern polar latitudes.
Background Info:
The Voyager Project is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Saturn | |
| System | Saturn | |
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Voyager | |
| Instrument Host | Voyager 1 | |
| Host Type | Flyby Spacecraft | |
| Instrument | ||
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Atmosphere, Color, Storm | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 1996-01-29 | |
| Date in Caption | 1980-11-07 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00026 | |
| Identifier | PIA00026 | |
