Where is New Horizons now |
Where is New Horizons now |
Nov 8 2007, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
Not counting comets and Jupiter Trojans there are currently 40 minor objects between 5 and 10 AU from the sun (by my calculations at least)
Next object New Horizons will pass (in current distance from the sun) is 2000 GM137, a centaur at 8.06 AU This post has been edited by alan: Nov 10 2007, 08:19 AM |
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Nov 13 2007, 02:28 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 27-August 05 Member No.: 479 |
I would like to know the current location of the star motor upper stage please
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Nov 13 2007, 09:23 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
It will not have been tracked since launch - it would only be a best guess - you may find some info regarding it in the annals of the NH website, it was mentioned in the past.
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Nov 15 2007, 11:08 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 9-January 06 Member No.: 639 |
UPDATE! On 11/15/2007, at 11:04:35 UTC, the NH spacecraft reached 1200 million km from the sun. The spacecraft's distance from Earth, by comparison, is nearly 1.332 billion km. NH is now only 3.514 billion km from Pluto and traveling at a rate of 19.463 km/s. Later!
J P |
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Nov 15 2007, 12:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
...only 3.514 billion km from Pluto I expect an update at only 3.14159 billion km from Pluto, as that figure will obviously be of cosmic importance as well! -------------------- |
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Jan 14 2008, 02:09 AM
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Jan 14 2008, 06:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
And in the "are we there yet" spirit, I note that the current-position chart has be rescaled again, so the outer boundary is now Saturn's orbit, not Jupiter's.
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/whereis_nh.php Amazing how fast we're reaching the orbit of Saturn -- after just 2.5 years. Amazing how that'll only be half-way to the orbit of Uranus. And 1/3 of the way to Neptune's. --Greg |
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Jan 21 2008, 02:12 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 9-January 06 Member No.: 639 |
UPDATE! On 01/21/2008, at 05:10:15 UTC, the NH spacecraft reached 1300 million km from the sun. The spacecraft's distance from Earth, by comparison, is nearly 1.419 billion km. NH is now only 3.414 billion km from Pluto and traveling at a rate of 19.026 km/s. Later!
J P |
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Jan 21 2008, 02:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 19-August 07 Member No.: 3299 |
As I see that New Horizons is decreasing its speed toward Pluto. How fast will NH be traveling past Pluto?
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Jan 21 2008, 04:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
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Jan 21 2008, 06:36 PM
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Jan 21 2008, 10:16 PM
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Jan 21 2008, 10:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
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Jan 22 2008, 06:51 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
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Mar 29 2008, 08:46 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 9-January 06 Member No.: 639 |
UPDATE! On 03/28/2008, at 16:30:15 UTC, the NH spacecraft reached 1400 million km from the sun. The spacecraft's distance from Earth, by comparison, is 1.372 billion km. NH is now only 3.314 billion km from Pluto and traveling at a rate of 18.628 km/s. Later!
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