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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worried

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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worried

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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    1 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
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      Would you say it is about 1/365th the the distance of a light year? I wonder if there is a term for that…

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        One light day?

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      1 year ago

      He said day, not year.

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        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

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          Hahahaha!! 🤣🤣

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        I’m pretty sure I read light year initially. Maybe OP modified their comment?

        I could’ve have misread it also. 🤷‍♂️

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          It would say (edited) if they edited their comment

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      But it’s a leap year so it should be longer this year.

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        Aaannnd I get to post this https://m.xkcd.com/2897/

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