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Information gathered by the Voyager probes forms the basis of the modern study of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and their satellites, rings, and magnetic fields (regions where magnetic force can be detected). The probes discovered nearly two dozen natural satellites. They also found evidence of geologic activity on two previously known moons -- volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io and icy geysers on Neptune's moon Triton. The mission also discovered numerous craters on most of the satellites, an ancient record of intense bombardment by meteoroids and comets. Scientists used Voyager data to calculate the density of 17 satellites and to determine the composition of the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. 

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