Voyager Status, What is it? |
Voyager Status, What is it? |
Dec 6 2006, 05:48 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 428 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1062 |
Anyone know the latest Voyager status? I've hear rumors, but I'm wondering if anyone has anything more concrete (I won't share the rumors, as I really don't know much about it, so...)
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Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Feb 14 2007, 08:31 PM
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Indeed, both voyagers will overtake the Pioneer 10 and 11 as the Voayager 1 & 2 have a significant speed advantage. I didn’t calculate when they will out-distance the Pioneers but here are the formulas for the distances traveled by both Voyagers:
Voyager 1: 76.34 + 3.50 ( future year – 2000 ) = distance in AU Voyager 2: 59.75 + 3.13 ( future year – 2000 ) = distance in AU ( 1 AU = Astronomical Unit is the average distance between Sun & Earth : approx 150 million kilometers ) |
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