boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down13
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down46·2 years 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-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down1·2 years agoHe said day, not year.
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down8·2 years agoI’m pretty sure I read light year initially. Maybe OP modified their comment? I could’ve have misread it also. 🤷♂️
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoBut it’s a leap year so it should be longer this year.
minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoAaannnd I get to post this https://m.xkcd.com/2897/
minus-squarekalfa@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYou broke and reinforced relativity at the same time
minus-squareisles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoAlso, just for anyone else, the Sun is not 1 light year away from Earth, instead ~499 light seconds.
minus-squarePrecisePangolin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThe distance between the sun and earth is ~93 million miles. A light year is 5.88 trillion miles. We are not 1 light year away from the sun. We are about 8.5 mins from the sun (speed of light) right?
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. 🤷♂️
But it’s a leap year so it should be longer this year.
Aaannnd I get to post this https://m.xkcd.com/2897/
You broke and reinforced relativity at the same time
Also, just for anyone else, the Sun is not 1 light year away from Earth, instead ~499 light seconds.
The distance between the sun and earth is ~93 million miles. A light year is 5.88 trillion miles. We are not 1 light year away from the sun. We are about 8.5 mins from the sun (speed of light) right?