Comments on: Proteus, Neptune’s second largest moon, discovered by Voyager-2 in 1989 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/proteus-neptunes-second-largest-moon-discovered-by-voyager-2-in-1989/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: F https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/proteus-neptunes-second-largest-moon-discovered-by-voyager-2-in-1989/#comment-1630166 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:33:33 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122662#comment-1630166 Agreed, Bob.

I am not in any way trying to relay a satisfaction with the amount of information we have at this point. I’m hopeful that new missions will be launched to a number of objects in our solar system, including beautiful Neptune.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/proteus-neptunes-second-largest-moon-discovered-by-voyager-2-in-1989/#comment-1630165 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:31:27 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122662#comment-1630165 In reply to F.

F: To put it bluntly, been there done that. I am noting that as amazing as the achievement of Voyager-2 was, it is long past time to do more. It is also important to show the limitations of that Voyager-2 data, because I think we have come to over-estimate its value.

]]> By: F https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/proteus-neptunes-second-largest-moon-discovered-by-voyager-2-in-1989/#comment-1630164 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:28:12 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=122662#comment-1630164 Everything is relative . . .

“. . . and neither is particularly good.”

Considering WHAT is contained in these images, WHERE it was, and WHEN they were taken, I’d say the images are RELATIVELY amazing.

Thank you!

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