Jan 16 1986
From The Space Library
The Voyager 2 Spacecraft discovered six new moons orbiting the planet Uranus, ranging in diameter from 20 to 30 miles. The moons were named 1986U1 in succession to 1986U6, denoting the year in which they were discovered, the planet they orbit and the order in which they were discovered. The first of these moons was found on January 8, 1986. (NASA Release 86-8; W Post, Jan 9/86; CSM, Jan 9/86; NY Times, Jan 9/86; P Inq, Jan 17/86; B Sun)
Lasers on board weather satellites (LIDAR), said Wayne Baker of the Goddard Space Flight Center's Laboratory, promised more accurate forecasting. In the past, satellite data offered only marginal improvements over traditional methods and even deteriorations for some predictions. With the addition of a laser, however, scientists would have access to wind measurement throughout the atmosphere, keys to following the weather that were before limited to ground stations and weather balloons. (CSM, Jan 16/86)
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