Voyager Enters Final Frontier Of Solar System |
Voyager Enters Final Frontier Of Solar System |
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Jun 3 2005, 10:47 PM
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http://planetary.org/news/2005/voyager-upd...ation_0524.html
Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object in space, has crossed the termination shock, the last major threshold in the solar system, team members announced today at the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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Sep 5 2012, 07:33 AM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 978 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
I think that Voyagers are the coolest mission. Whenever I go to the Von Karman here at JPL where they have a replica I'm always amazed by their size.
Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Sep 5 2012, 06:42 PM
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Sep 14 2012, 01:13 PM
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I think this combined plot speaks by itself:
V1 is definitively inside a totally new region... Source: http://voyager.gsfc.nasa.gov/heliopause/he...recenthist.html -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Sep 30 2012, 06:07 PM
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It really looks like it.
That particle/proton rate have stayed low for 2 more weeks, whereas the galactic cosmic rays continue to climb slowly. And turning of the spacecraft to look for any possible sideway movement did show that the particles were not moving sideways either. (Also described in the summary linked by Paolo.) Isn't that exactly the conditions to expect at the boundary of the heliopause? Now data from IBEX suggest there might be no bow shock zone at all. So all will depend on how deep this area might be, after that Voyager 1 might very well be in true Interstellar space. Related story 'The little motor that could' |
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Sep 30 2012, 06:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Thanks for the link, TheAnt!
This recall me to update the plot: After two more weeks, initial impression became a robust trend! -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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