Voyager-1 at 100 AU!, A space milestone this month |
Voyager-1 at 100 AU!, A space milestone this month |
Aug 2 2006, 12:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Nobody highlighted this and I didn't find any comment from Nasa/Voyager sites.
On August,11 the intrepid Voyager-1 probe will reach 14.960 billion Km from the Sun, one hundred times the average Earth-Sun distance! This event will be followed, after 16 days, by the 100AU from Earth reach. From astrophysical standpoint, first event is the most important but, I think, most people will be emotionally hit from the second one. So I would like to start a poll on this. -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Aug 2 2006, 07:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Dilo,
I understand you use Nasa space calculator but, does the difference goes as 100-1 for Earth distance or do you consider the EXACT position of Earth on August 25th? You know, the difference could be + or - 1 UA depending where's the Earth on its orbit. By the way, August 25th is prety close to celebrate the 17th anniversary of Voyager II fly-by of Neptune. By the way, if you open up a pool like arrival of Oppy at VC or Eagle, my bets are 100 UA from SUN first Can you tell us when the round trip signal will need 24 hours? -------------------- |
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