To: raybbr
“””Although the flyby occurred at 12:33 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the spacecraft is so far from Earth that the “phone-home” signal didn’t reach us until about 10:30 a.m. ET.””” 😎We got the signal before it was sent. You may want to refigure that.....12:33 a.m. = 33 minutes after midnight. 10:30 a.m. = 10 hours and 30 minutes after midnight........or 10 hours and 27 minutes AFTER the flyby and the signal was sent.
26 posted on
01/01/2019 12:46:40 PM PST by
Repeat Offender
(While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
To: Repeat Offender; raybbr
r 10 hours and 27 minutes My own advice on refiguring.....9 hours 57 minutes.
28 posted on
01/01/2019 12:52:22 PM PST by
Repeat Offender
(While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
To: Repeat Offender
Yeah, I actually read through that three times to make sure I wasn’t making a dumb mistake. Did it anyway.
30 posted on
01/01/2019 12:56:38 PM PST by
raybbr
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To: Repeat Offender
It takes about 6 hours for one way communication at this point. It disn’t transmit anything at the instant of its closest approach, but several hours later.
47 posted on
01/01/2019 2:09:16 PM PST by
Textide
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