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Old 12-03-11, 05:15 PM   #1
Jan Kyster
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17,930,435,000 km from home

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/where/index.html

She was in the news today, and thanks to the above link! - was able to time her...

Anyway, found the stopwatch and started it as the odometer crossed the 17930695000 km number.

At the 3 minute mark, this print screen of the odometer reading was taken:




Which gives the following numbers:

Code:
 
start clock              17930695002 km
end clock 3 minutes      17930698270 km
travelled distance              3268 km = 65360 km/t = 35291 kts.
You go, girl!

Been travelling now for thirty-four years.
And still going strong. Recently phoned home: "Detecting a [particular kind of] hydrogen signal with a Lyman-alpha emission from the Milky Way."


Isn't that just heart-stopping, breaking news?

Read news story here: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/...134918938.html

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/index.html



One of the finest ships ever! Fair wind, Voyager!

Oh! Now she passed 17930755000 km. With this pace, she'll be 20 billion kilometers from home in 3 and a half year from now...
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