Sorry I don't have any links. That's because I can't find any
This surprises me, given the significance of this important milestone. Oh well. Later!
J P
Voyager 1 is now 100 AU from the sun!
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Voyager 1 is now 100 AU from the sun!
The intrepid Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached 100 AU from the sun. It took the speed demon spacecraft under 29 years to get this far! Compare that to 35 years it will take for Voyager 2 and "a snails pace" 46 years it will take for slowpoke Pioneer 11 to reach 100 AU!
Sorry I don't have any links. That's because I can't find any This surprises me, given the significance of this important milestone. Oh well. Later!
J P
Sorry I don't have any links. That's because I can't find any
This surprises me, given the significance of this important milestone. Oh well. Later!
J P
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Quick google search (voyager 100 au) turns up
http://www.heavens-above.com/solar-esca ... ied&TZ=CET
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story ... 97,00.html
http://www.heavens-above.com/solar-esca ... ied&TZ=CET
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story ... 97,00.html
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Re: Voyager 1 is now 100 AU from the sun!
Planet X wrote:The intrepid Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached 100 AU from the sun. It took the speed demon spacecraft under 29 years to get this far! Compare that to 35 years it will take for Voyager 2 and "a snails pace" 46 years it will take for slowpoke Pioneer 11 to reach 100 AU!
How long will it take the New Horizons probe to reach that distance?
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Re: Voyager 1 is now 100 AU from the sun!
Sky Pilot wrote:Planet X wrote:The intrepid Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached 100 AU from the sun. It took the speed demon spacecraft under 29 years to get this far! Compare that to 35 years it will take for Voyager 2 and "a snails pace" 46 years it will take for slowpoke Pioneer 11 to reach 100 AU!
How long will it take the New Horizons probe to reach that distance?
According to this article . . .
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=20620
. . . it will take 32 years. Voyager 1 is currently moving at 17 km/s relative to the Sun. New Horizons will be moving 13 km/s as it departs the solar system, so it will never catch up to Voyager.
--Chris