@boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down15
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minus-square@anubis119@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish61•1 year agoVoyager 1 is almost one light day away, and now my brain hurts thinking about it.
minus-squareCyborganismlinkfedilinkEnglish-55•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-squareCyborganismlinkfedilinkEnglish-3•1 year agoI’m pretty sure I read light year initially. Maybe OP modified their comment? I could’ve have misread it also. 🤷♂️
minus-square@ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIt would say (edited) if they edited their comment
minus-squareSeaJlinkfedilinkEnglish21•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-square@SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year agoBut it’s a leap year so it should be longer this year.
minus-square@bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoAaannnd I get to post this https://m.xkcd.com/2897/
minus-square@isles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoAlso, just for anyone else, the Sun is not 1 light year away from Earth, instead ~499 light seconds.
minus-square@PrecisePangolin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year 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?
Voyager 1 is almost one light day away, and now my brain hurts thinking about it.
How many hard days is that?
Roughly just under one work day.
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
Ah alright then. My bad.
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/
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?