According to Newton's third law, when the Voyager probes passed Jupiter in 1979, they exerted exactly the same force on Jupiter as the giant planet did on them.

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Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Therefore, when the Voyager probes passed Jupiter, the gravitational force they exerted on Jupiter was exactly equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force Jupiter exerted on them.

According to Newton's Third Law, When the Voyager Probes Passed