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To: cripplecreek

Pluto is a Kuiper belt object on the innermost boundary. Voyager 1 is way the hell out there.

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And we’re still collecting data from it, almost on a daily basis.

11 posted on 07/11/2015 5:33:09 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)

To: Moonman62

It still has propellent left! Probably used for facing the dish toward us when we need it to, but it still has some!

13 posted on 07/11/2015 5:39:40 PM PDT by GeronL

To: Moonman62

The Kuiper belt extends from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from the Sun.

15 posted on 07/11/2015 5:41:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)

To: Moonman62

“And we’re still collecting data from it, almost on a daily basis.”

Are you serious?? Sounds impossible!

29 posted on 07/11/2015 8:30:29 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)

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