Voyager passes 100AU from the Sun.

trogdor1289 · 08-16-2006, 08:59 PM

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1150

Griffon2-6 · 08-16-2006, 09:11 PM

w00t, go Voyager 2! The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is going to pass it in 100 years though. They hope to record the termination shock, and validate it.

trogdor1289 · 08-16-2006, 09:15 PM

Yeah I don't care about the Cassini-Huygens though. I probaly won't be around in 100 years.

Happy · 08-16-2006, 11:54 PM

How many miles is that?

Griffon2-6 · 08-17-2006, 12:53 AM

Distance from Earth to Sun x100. That comes out to around 850 000 000 kilometers.

da.SPAWN · 08-17-2006, 11:06 AM

Sounds that in a few year we get visitors from the Klingon Empire

trogdor1289 · 08-17-2006, 02:24 PM

The distance is 9.3 billion miles and 15 billion kilometers.

Griffon2-6 · 08-17-2006, 03:12 PM

Oh hehe. I was doing calculations based on the time it takes for light from the Sun to reach Earth, and since light goes at 300 000km/h, 8.5 x 60 x 300 000 x 100 = ... oh hehe, I multiplied by 100 000 for some reason and forgot the 60. 15 300 000 000. Wait, is it 8.5 seconds or 8.5 minutes?

eddie · 08-17-2006, 05:50 PM

minutes.

08-16-2006, 08:59 PM	#1
trogdor1289 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Classified. Posts: 5,230	Voyager passes 100AU from the Sun. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1150

08-16-2006, 09:11 PM	#2
Griffon2-6 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here Posts: 2,601	w00t, go Voyager 2! The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is going to pass it in 100 years though. They hope to record the termination shock, and validate it.
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08-16-2006, 11:54 PM	#4
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08-17-2006, 12:53 AM	#5
Griffon2-6 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here Posts: 2,601	Distance from Earth to Sun x100. That comes out to around 850 000 000 kilometers.
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08-17-2006, 11:06 AM	#6
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08-16-2006, 09:15 PM	#3
trogdor1289 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Classified. Posts: 5,230	Yeah I don't care about the Cassini-Huygens though. I probaly won't be around in 100 years.

08-17-2006, 02:24 PM	#7
trogdor1289 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Classified. Posts: 5,230	The distance is 9.3 billion miles and 15 billion kilometers.

08-17-2006, 03:12 PM	#8
Griffon2-6 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Here Posts: 2,601	Oh hehe. I was doing calculations based on the time it takes for light from the Sun to reach Earth, and since light goes at 300 000km/h, 8.5 x 60 x 300 000 x 100 = ... oh hehe, I multiplied by 100 000 for some reason and forgot the 60. 15 300 000 000. Wait, is it 8.5 seconds or 8.5 minutes?
	. Under normal circumstances, everybody pwns Griffon, in Soviet Russia, Griffon pwns EVERYBODY!

08-17-2006, 05:50 PM	#9
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