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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

The Earth is moving too..............


3 posted on 08/27/2026 6:14:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Red Badger
The Earth is moving too..............

Thanks for your interest.

Earth's motion is built in to the Horizons App. Voyager I is moving away from the sun at about 16 km/sec. On the date and time specified, the earth's orbit is on the far side of the sun from Voyager. The earth's orbital velocity is about 30 km/sec. The "vector sum" of earth's velocity and Voyagers is about between 25.4071922 and 25.1404967 km/sec on the first and last date in the day posted. The corresponding heliocentric range rates are 16.8815689 and 16.8815679 km/sec.

Voyager will not be one lightday from the sun until 2027-Feb-04 11:58:39.327

5 posted on 08/27/2026 6:51:54 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Thorough planning and careful preparation is no substitute for wishful thinking. )
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