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The Voyager, the Pioneer and Galileo probes were not solar powered because when a probe goes past Jupiter the sun rays are 25 times weaker than than on Earth, and to have a system large enough that would make use of the little light would double the weight of the probe.

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Q: Why did the voyager and pioneer and Galileo probe did not have solar panels?
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Jupiter's space probes?

Voyager 1&2, Galileo Space Probe.


What probe flew by Neptune?

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Was the pioneer a name for a lunar probe?

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Where did space probe Galileo go and what did it find?

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