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What is the name of space probe that visited outer planets?

Voyager II is the first successful space probe that reached the outer planets or Jovian Planets. It is in the rule of probes that they should not reach the outer planets because it is too far and their probes might malfunction. But this Voyager II probe had a successful flight to the outer planets.


What are the voyager probes?

The two Voyager space probes are robotic spacecraft launched in 1977 as the first spacecraft to examine the outer planets. Both are still operating, having passed the orbits of the outer planets, and drifting toward the boundary of the solar system.


What probes flew past Jupiter and other planets?

Most famously, it was voyager 1 and 2 that explored these outer gas planets and have given us so much information. Other probes have been sent to these gas giants, but these are the the probes that visited all four gas giants between them.


What probes flew past Jupiter and other planets before heading outward to deep space?

Voyager 1 and 2 visited the outer planets and went on into interstellar space.


What probes flew past Jupiter and other planets before heading outwards deep space?

Voyager 1 and 2 visited the outer planets and went on into interstellar space.


When did the voyager land on Saturn?

The Voyager probes were deep space probes, sent to scout out the outer planets and deep space, so they never really "landed" on any of the planets although voyager I was sent first voyager II overtook it and encountered Saturn on august 1981.


Why are inner planets different than outer planets?

Inner planets. are inner & outer planets. are outer


How are outer planets different from outer planets?

its not different at all they are just outer planets


How do we know about outer space-beyond our solar system?

-Stars -Asteroids -planets And everything else in space.


Are outer planets or inner planets larger?

The outer planets are larger.


What are the outer planets and how are they similar?

The outer planets are the planets that are made of gas. Each of the outer planets are mad of gas and can not hold life.


What are 3 special characteristics of the three outer planets?

The inner and outer planets are The same because The Inner planets are not made out of gas The outer planets are bigger than inners The outer planets are the coldest The Inner planets are rocky The inner planets are terrestrial The outer planets can't support life The inner planets have iron cores The outer are the furthest from the sun The outer planets haveno rocky surface