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Description: Two RTGs are mounted at the end of each of two extended booms to reduce nuclear radiation effects on the sensitive scientific instruments.
Title: Two of four SNAP 19 RTGs of a Pioneer space probe
Credit: PIONNER ODYSSEY Revised Edition (Chapter 3), see: http://history.nasa.gov/SP-349/ch3.htm
Author: Unknown
Permission: Orginal work of NASA - public domain
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License: Public domain
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