Rings of Uranus

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Caption:

This Voyager 2 image of the Uranian rings delta, gamma, eta, beta and alpha (from top) was taken Jan. 23, 1986. The spacecraft was 1.12 million kilometers (690,000 miles) away when its narrow-angle camera obtained this clear-filter view. This image illustrates the broad outer component and narrow inner component of the eta ring, which orbits Uranus at a radius of some 47,000 km (29,000 mi). The broad component is considerably more transparent than the dense, narrow inner eta component, as well as the other narrow rings shown. Resolution here is about 10 km (6 mi).

Background Info:

The Voyager project is managed for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name	Value	Additional Values
Target	Uranus Rings	Eta Ring, Uranus
System	Uranus
Target Type	Ring	Planet
Mission	Voyager
Instrument Host	Cassini Orbiter	Voyager 2
Host Type	Orbiter	Flyby Spacecraft
Instrument	Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
Detector	Narrow Angle Camera
Extra Keywords	Grayscale, Visual
Acquisition Date
Release Date	1999-06-19
Date in Caption	1986-01-23
Image Credit	NASA/JPL
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01981
Identifier	PIA01981