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  • Voyager 2 Discoveries: Moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune
    Voyager 2 discovered moons around these planets:

    * Jupiter: Voyager 2 discovered Amalthea, Adrastea, Metis, and Thebe.

    * Saturn: It discovered Pandora, Atlas, Prometheus, and Janus.

    * Uranus: This is where Voyager 2 had the most notable discoveries, finding 10 new moons: Puck, Juliet, Portia, Cressida, Rosalind, Belinda, Desdemona, Perdita, Caliban, and Sycorax.

    * Neptune: It discovered Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, and Larissa.

    Voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to visit the outer planets of our solar system and provided us with the first close-up views of their moons, revealing their unique characteristics and providing valuable insights into their formation and evolution.

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