Voyager 2 imaging system
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The Voyager 2 imaging system is the suite of cameras and associated instruments on the Voyager 2 spacecraft that captured detailed photographs of the outer planets and their moons during its historic flyby mission.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Voyager 2 imaging system canonical | 4 |
| Voyager 2 narrow-angle camera | 1 |
| Voyager Imaging Science Subsystem | 1 |
| Voyager wide-angle camera | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5201746 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Voyager 2 imaging system Context triple: [Ariel, imagedBy, Voyager 2 imaging system]
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A.
Voyager imaging team
The Voyager imaging team is the group of scientists and engineers responsible for planning, operating, and analyzing the camera observations from NASA’s Voyager spacecraft during their historic exploration of the outer planets and beyond.
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B.
Voyager 2 attitude control system
The Voyager 2 attitude control system is the spacecraft’s subsystem responsible for precisely orienting and stabilizing the probe in space so its instruments and communications antenna remain correctly pointed.
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C.
Voyager 1 flight data system
The Voyager 1 flight data system is the onboard electronics and computing subsystem that formats, stores, and transmits scientific and engineering data from the Voyager 1 spacecraft back to Earth.
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D.
Viking Orbiter
Viking Orbiter was a pair of NASA spacecraft launched in the 1970s that orbited Mars to map its surface, study its atmosphere, and support the Viking landers.
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E.
Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 that conducted historic flybys of all four outer giant planets and is now traveling through interstellar space.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Voyager 2 imaging system Target entity description: The Voyager 2 imaging system is the suite of cameras and associated instruments on the Voyager 2 spacecraft that captured detailed photographs of the outer planets and their moons during its historic flyby mission.
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A.
Voyager imaging team
The Voyager imaging team is the group of scientists and engineers responsible for planning, operating, and analyzing the camera observations from NASA’s Voyager spacecraft during their historic exploration of the outer planets and beyond.
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B.
Voyager 2 attitude control system
The Voyager 2 attitude control system is the spacecraft’s subsystem responsible for precisely orienting and stabilizing the probe in space so its instruments and communications antenna remain correctly pointed.
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C.
Voyager 1 flight data system
The Voyager 1 flight data system is the onboard electronics and computing subsystem that formats, stores, and transmits scientific and engineering data from the Voyager 1 spacecraft back to Earth.
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D.
Viking Orbiter
Viking Orbiter was a pair of NASA spacecraft launched in the 1970s that orbited Mars to map its surface, study its atmosphere, and support the Viking landers.
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E.
Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a NASA space probe launched in 1977 that conducted historic flybys of all four outer giant planets and is now traveling through interstellar space.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
scientific instrument suite
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spacecraft imaging system ⓘ |
| dataTransmission | radio link via Voyager 2 high-gain antenna ⓘ |
| developedBy | Jet Propulsion Laboratory ⓘ |
| developedFor | Voyager program ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Vidicon tube detectors
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filter wheel ⓘ image data processing unit ⓘ imaging electronics ⓘ narrow-angle camera ⓘ optical baffle ⓘ wide-angle camera ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1977-08-20 ⓘ |
| missionRole |
atmospheric studies
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geological mapping ⓘ planetary imaging ⓘ ring system imaging ⓘ satellite imaging ⓘ |
| operationalPhase | planetary flyby encounters ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| partOf | Voyager 2 ⓘ |
| producedDataType |
images
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mosaics ⓘ photometric measurements ⓘ time-lapse sequences ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Voyager 2 ⓘ |
| status | no longer active ⓘ |
| target |
Jovian moons
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Jupiter ⓘ Neptune ⓘ Neptunian moons ⓘ Saturn ⓘ Saturnian moons ⓘ Uranian moons ⓘ Uranus ⓘ planetary ring systems ⓘ |
| usedForDiscovery |
Great Dark Spot on Neptune
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linked to:
Great Dark Spot
complex atmospheric bands on Uranus ⓘ complex structure of Jupiter's clouds ⓘ detailed structure of Saturn's rings ⓘ new moons of Jupiter ⓘ new moons of Neptune ⓘ new moons of Saturn ⓘ new moons of Uranus ⓘ shepherd moons in ring systems ⓘ volcanic activity on Io ⓘ |
| usesDetectorType |
Vidicon
ⓘ
linked to:
Baird television camera
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| usesWavelengthBand |
near-infrared
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near-ultraviolet ⓘ visible light ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Voyager 2 imaging system Description of subject: The Voyager 2 imaging system is the suite of cameras and associated instruments on the Voyager 2 spacecraft that captured detailed photographs of the outer planets and their moons during its historic flyby mission.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Voyager 2 imaging system
linked to: Voyager 2 imaging system
linked to: Voyager 2 imaging system