On the 25th of August 1981 Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn exactly eight years later (on the day!) in 1989 it makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2
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commandelicious (commandelicious@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 25-Aug-2018 15:00:01 UTC commandelicious - 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 repeated this.