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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/05/voyager_35_year_anniversary/
Originally posted by sonhouseIt's been on the verge of going interstellar for many months now, but one of the nice things about exploring new frontiers is that you never know exactly where they are. That's what makes it interesting to hear of the dear old thing, still going on.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/05/voyager_35_year_anniversary/
Originally posted by kaminskyvoyager 1 is (at present) the man-made artifact with the highest distance to the sun (need we discuss the problems of establishing distnaces to sun and earth?) with about 122 Astronomic Units. It travels with a speed of about 3.6 AU/year. In another 35 years this will amount to another 126 AU (and you see that the device is travelling at about the same rate since a long time. Only in the beginning it accelerated)
iF I live another 35 years ,how far will voyger have travelled. Pioneer looks to have travelled farther.
Originally posted by Ponderable
voyager 1 is (at present) the man-made artifact with the highest distance to the sun (need we discuss the problems of establishing distnaces to sun and earth?) with about 122 Astronomic Units. It travels with a speed of about 3.6 AU/year. In another 35 years this will amount to another 126 AU (and you see that the device is travelling at about the same r ...[text shortened]... ly about 103 Au from the sun by now. Though we can't know for sure since contact broke in 2003.
It is probably about 103 Au from the sun by now. Though we can't know for sure since contact broke in 2003.
Originally posted by humyStopping in its tracks would be the most unlikely case, but a change of direction could alter the traveling data considerably. But then the accepted theory is that matter is even more sparsley distributed outside the Kuiper belt ...It is probably about 103 Au from the sun by now. Though we can't know for sure since contact broke in 2003.
I think we can be almost certain that it is about that far since the physics says it should be although there is a very tiny chance of it having collided with a space rock/object that stopped it in its tracks.
Originally posted by PonderableWhat do you mean contact broke in 03? They are both working fine. They shut off the camera's is all. They collect data daily even now.
voyager 1 is (at present) the man-made artifact with the highest distance to the sun (need we discuss the problems of establishing distnaces to sun and earth?) with about 122 Astronomic Units. It travels with a speed of about 3.6 AU/year. In another 35 years this will amount to another 126 AU (and you see that the device is travelling at about the same r ...[text shortened]... ly about 103 Au from the sun by now. Though we can't know for sure since contact broke in 2003.
Originally posted by humyYou need to go to the real source:
I decided to do a quick check on Voyager-1's current communication status and found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Current_status
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On May 21, 2011, the spacecraft was reported at 12.44° declination and 17.163 hours right ascension, and at an ecliptic latitude of 34.9° (the ecliptic latitude changes very slowly), placing it in the c ...[text shortened]... es anyone know of an estimate of how long? Will it still be sending us data in 100 years time?
Originally posted by kaminskyThey are currently traveling about 40,000 mph away from the sun so that is good enough to say away from us so in 1 year you could call it 8000 hours so, about 320 million miles per year so in 35 years, about 11 billion miles further away. 120 AU more. I think that would double the present distance of also about 11 billion miles so putting it about 240 AU or 22 billion miles away from Earth and the Sun.
iF I live another 35 years ,how far will voyger have travelled. Pioneer looks to have travelled farther.
Originally posted by sonhouse
They are currently traveling about 40,000 mph away from the sun so that is good enough to say away from us so in 1 year you could call it 8000 hours so, about 320 million miles per year so in 35 years, about 11 billion miles further away. 120 AU more. I think that would double the present distance of also about 11 billion miles so putting it about 240 AU or ...[text shortened]... rs away. So it can't even go half the width of the Milky way in the next 10 billion years.....
Does anyone know what stars it will get close to in the coming centuries, if any?
Originally posted by humySo it's more a matter of the star coming to Voyager rather than the other way round, since it seems to be going about ten times faster....Does anyone know what stars it will get close to in the coming centuries, if any?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Current_status
“...Voyager 1 is not heading towards any particular star, but in about 40,000 years it will pass within 1.6 light years of the star AC+79 3888, which is at present in the constellation Camelopardalis. That s ...[text shortened]... is generally moving towards our Solar System at about 119 km/s (430,000 km/h; 270,000 mph)....”
Originally posted by sonhouse
So it's more a matter of the star coming to Voyager rather than the other way round, since it seems to be going about ten times faster....
I wonder how close the star will come to our solar system in 40K years?
I wonder how close the star will come to our solar system in 40K years?
Originally posted by humyIf my numbers are right, in 40K years the voyager will only be out about 2 1/2 light years so if it comes within 1.6 LY of voyager and it is on the other side of it, that star will be vying for the closest star, about 4 LY away, assuming worse case scenario.I wonder how close the star will come to our solar system in 40K years?
it is due to enter our solar system........................only kidding.