Aug 11 1989
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
Planetary scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California announced the discovery of "ring arcs" orbiting Neptune. NASA scientists noted that, unlike the rings surrounding Saturn, Jupiter, and Uranus, Neptune's rings did not appear to completely surround the planet. (NASA Release 89-132, Aug 11/89; NY Times, Aug 12/89; W Post, Aug 12/89; P Inq, Aug 12/89; C Trib, Aug 12/89; B Sun, Aug 12/89; WSJ, Aug 14/89)
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