What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing in on

Re:What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing i... by zimpenfish on Saturday October 31, 2026 @01:58PM (#50318367)

Checked my bot's post from earlier today (taken from NASA's data[0]) and it says "Velocity relative to the Earth is about 34 km/sec (~77,173 mph); to the Sun about 16 km/sec (~37,763 mph.)"

[0] https://eyes.nasa.gov/assets/dynamic/dynamo/sc_voyager_1/now...

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Re:What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing i... by robotresearcher on Saturday October 31, 2026 @02:07PM (#50318439)

Thanks! And probably the earth relative velocity depends on the time of year :)

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Re:What is a light-day? The milestone Voyager 1 is closing i... by gonzalohm on Saturday October 31, 2026 @04:40PM (#50319976)

Yes, and distance from Earth actually decreased during part of the year (I believe)

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