English: Proteus is the second largest moon of Neptune behind the mysterious Triton. Proteus was discovered only in 1989 by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. This is unusual since Neptune has a smaller moon - Nereid - which was discovered 33 years earlier from Earth. The reason Proteus was not discovered sooner is that its surface is very dark and it orbits much closer to Neptune. Proteus has an odd box-like shape and were it even slightly more massive, its own gravity would cause it to reform itself into a sphere.
NASA logoları, işaret ve amblemlerinin kullanımı ABD yasaları uyarınca sınırlandırılmıştır 14 CFR 1221.
NASA internet sitesi, Sovyet / Rus uzay ajansı ve diğer sivil ABD uzay ajanslarına ait çok sayıda görüntü barındırmaktadır. Bunların bazıları kamu malı olmayabilir.
SOHO (ESA & NASA) ortak projesi olan prob tarafından oluşturulan tüm materyallerin telif hakkı saklıdır ve ticari olmayan eğitim amaçlı kullanım için izin alınması gerektiği anlamına gelmektedir. [2]
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