Pioneer 10 at 100AU, 200AU from Voyager 1, For the statisticians ... |
Pioneer 10 at 100AU, 200AU from Voyager 1, For the statisticians ... |
Oct 31 2009, 11:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 340 Joined: 11-April 08 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 4093 |
On glancing on my own website, I found that two statistical milestones are coming up soon:
100AU - distance of Pioneer 10 from the Sun 200AU - distance between Pioneer 10 and Voyager 1 Naturally, the Pioneer 10 mission is over and no contact exists with the spacecraft anymore, but still impressive! -------------------- |
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Jan 21 2010, 12:46 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 27-September 07 From: Tampere, Finland Member No.: 3919 |
And so today Pioneer 10 reached 100 AU from the Sun!
So, congratulations to the original team although the probe is already silent... Would have been interesting to receive some data still from Pioneer 10 since it is the only interstellar probe heading towards the tail of Sun's heliosphere. http://www.heavens-above.com/solar-escape.asp -------------------- Spamming the Solar System with greetings since 1997!
(New Horizons, Huygens, Opportunity/Spirit, Deep Impact, Dawn, Phoenix, Selene... to name a few) :) |
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Jan 21 2010, 03:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2919 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
And so today Pioneer 10 reached 100 AU from the Sun! So, congratulations to the original team although the probe is already silent... Would have been interesting to receive some data still from Pioneer 10 since it is the only interstellar probe heading towards the tail of Sun's heliosphere. As I already told here, Pioneer 10 has been launched the very same day I had my first driving lesson. I'm very far from having driven 15.000.000.000 kms... but I'm still talking. -------------------- |
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Jan 21 2010, 04:39 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 27-September 07 From: Tampere, Finland Member No.: 3919 |
I'm very far from having driven 15.000.000.000 kms... but I'm still talking. ...and RTG of your Ford Pinto...? -------------------- Spamming the Solar System with greetings since 1997!
(New Horizons, Huygens, Opportunity/Spirit, Deep Impact, Dawn, Phoenix, Selene... to name a few) :) |
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Jan 21 2010, 08:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2919 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
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