boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareanubis119@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoVoyager 1 is almost one light day away, and now my brain hurts thinking about it.
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago1 light year = 63241.077 AU (distance between Sun and Earth) Distance of Voyager 1 from Earth: ~162.84 AU Not even close. Sources: Voyager mission status Light year - Wikipedia
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI’m pretty sure I read light year initially. Maybe OP modified their comment? I could’ve have misread it also. 🤷♂️
minus-squareReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt would say (edited) if they edited their comment
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoMakes me miss the old sub /r/ConfidentlyIncorrect. I need to see if that exists on Lemmy anywhere. Edit: Sure does: !confidently_incorrect@lemmy.world
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoWould you say it is about 1/365th the the distance of a light year? I wonder if there is a term for that…
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBut it’s a leap year so it should be longer this year.
minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAaannnd I get to post this https://m.xkcd.com/2897/
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoPluto is only about 4.5 light hours away on average
Voyager 1 is almost one light day away, and now my brain hurts thinking about it.
1 light year = 63241.077 AU (distance between Sun and Earth)
Distance of Voyager 1 from Earth: ~162.84 AU
Not even close.
Sources:
He said day, not year.
I’m pretty sure I read light year initially. Maybe OP modified their comment?
I could’ve have misread it also. 🤷♂️
It would say (edited) if they edited their comment
Makes me miss the old sub /r/ConfidentlyIncorrect. I need to see if that exists on Lemmy anywhere.
Edit: Sure does: !confidently_incorrect@lemmy.world
Hahahaha!! 🤣🤣
Would you say it is about 1/365th the the distance of a light year? I wonder if there is a term for that…
One light day?
But it’s a leap year so it should be longer this year.
Aaannnd I get to post this https://m.xkcd.com/2897/
How many hard days is that?
Pluto is only about 4.5 light hours away on average