The asteroid passes the planet twice per orbit: once when it slips between Jupiter and the sun, and once on the planet's far side. (newscientist.com)
The spacecraft has passed each planet of the solar system as part of its journey to Pluto, most recently crossing the orbit of Neptune on Aug. 25, 25 years after Voyager 2 accomplished the feat. (ibtimes.com)
In 1989, when Voyager 2 hurtled through the far reaches of our solar system passing the planet Neptune, a live feed from JPL opened a window onto an exotic world nearly 3 billion miles away. (astrobio.net)