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Voyager 1 Just Phoned Home From 24 Billion Kilometers Away On A Transmitter Not Used Since 1981
IFL Science ^ | October 31, 2024 | Dr. Alfredo Carpineti

Posted on 10/31/2024 11:45:39 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: SunkenCiv

They were impressed by the craftsmanship!..............


61 posted on 10/31/2024 12:57:02 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: TheDon; Red Badger

LOL


62 posted on 10/31/2024 12:58:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Reddy

46 years ago.


63 posted on 10/31/2024 12:58:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Red Badger

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64 posted on 10/31/2024 1:00:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: BenLurkin

VERY Funny!

Thanks. Got a good chuckle out of that one.


65 posted on 10/31/2024 1:00:42 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare to survive.)
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To: Vendome

โ€œVger wishes to make contact with the Creator. โ€ฆIYKWIM.โ€


66 posted on 10/31/2024 1:03:27 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Red Badger

To S..ve.M.n....t’s A coo.bo.K!


67 posted on 10/31/2024 1:04:33 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: Red Badger

So with Pluto, at approximately 3.3 billion miles from us, Voyager is about 4-1/2 times farther out from Earth than the dwarf. Is there any object closer to 15 billion miles than Pluto?


68 posted on 10/31/2024 1:06:56 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Red Badger

Was this the one with the Mozart and Beethoven music onboard?


69 posted on 10/31/2024 1:20:17 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: Hatteras

Comets and stuff we can’t see................


70 posted on 10/31/2024 1:26:52 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: nwrep

Yes, and its twin Voyager 2...............


71 posted on 10/31/2024 1:27:29 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Hatteras

2018 AG37


72 posted on 10/31/2024 1:32:55 PM PDT by TexasGator (FIXED! I. I I l I l l "l I l / .I lI . l I l l l I I l /l l . l l)
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To: enumerated

How far away is that? Canโ€™t we use miles?


What about football fields?


73 posted on 10/31/2024 1:34:21 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Red Badger

22 hours to get the signal. A tad longer than charging your EV.


74 posted on 10/31/2024 1:36:15 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: Red Badger

et phone home...


75 posted on 10/31/2024 1:41:02 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... ๐Ÿ˜)
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To: Hatteras
"Is there any object closer to 15 billion miles than Pluto?"

Yes, including Eris and, I think, four other dwarf planets. This is why Pluto is not considered a planet anymore.

Eris is around twice as far from the sun as Pluto.

76 posted on 10/31/2024 1:41:07 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: enumerated
How far away is that? Canโ€™t we use miles?

From NASA JPL Horizons solar system dynamics:

DATE: October 18, 2024 12:00 GMT
Distance: 15,381,582,895 Miles
Light Time to Earth: 22:56:11 (HH:MM:SS)
Speed wrt to the Sun 10.51 Miles/Second

The speed with respect to the earth is about 27 mi/sec, because of the motion of the earth in its orbit is directed away from the spacecraft this time of year.

77 posted on 10/31/2024 1:44:51 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (ืœืขื–ืื–ืœ ืขื ื—ืžืืก)
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To: BenLurkin

๐Ÿ˜…


78 posted on 10/31/2024 1:45:52 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Red Badger

Voyager 1 was certainly not made in China.


79 posted on 10/31/2024 1:47:10 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Hatteras

Google give: V774104 currently sits 15.4 billion kilometers from the sun, or 103 astronomical units (AU) away.

15.4 billion km equates to 9.57 billion miles.


80 posted on 10/31/2024 1:52:14 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (ืœืขื–ืื–ืœ ืขื ื—ืžืืก)
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