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Voyager 1 & 2

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  • 23-05-2006 7:50pm
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    Chucky
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    Voyager 1 & 2 are approaching interstellar space but does anybody know where their current paths will lead them to?


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    Astro1996
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    Voyager 1 is heading towards the region of Ursa Minor and Voyager 2 is heading in the direction of Andromeda, give or take 40,000 years.


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    Chucky
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    Ahhh, the wondrous 'Plough' - Ursa Minor. Thank you for that information. It's very intersting. If Voyager 2 is heading for Andromeda then it's going for a head-on collision because Andromeda is heading for the Milky Way, right?


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    IPI
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    Gosh, I hate people like me.

    Ursa Major is the Plough/Big Dipper/Great Bear. Ursa Minor is the, sometimes, Lesser Bear/Little Plough and, for all I know, Toty Dipper.

    As for the head-on collision bit, it sort of reminds me of the scene in Austin Powers where the steam-roller thingy is heading for the Henchman at about two miles an hour and the Henchman can't get out of its way. I think that was the surprisingly amusing moment in an otherwise quite tedious sub-Benny Hill series of sketches. Or am I in the wrong thread to say things like that ... :)

    Oh, and Astro, the trajectory is, in fact, intended to take it towards Ursa Major, although you could argue that the distance between these constellations is too small to be considered a distance in astronomical terms. Once there, it will be captured by the orbit of a planet run by machines, re-designed and reprogrammed and sent back to earth to make a moderately boring but visually stunning film with the cast from Star Trek.

    Possibly an interesting site or two for you:
    http://www.rmc.edu/directory/academics/phys/keeble/December2003sky.asp
    http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2003-000004.html


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    Chucky
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    I had no idea that there are two 'Ploughs'. As for the Andromeda collision, well, I like your comparison (:)). However, back to serious stuff, is our sun due to burn out by the time Andromeda reaches the fringes of the Milky Way?


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    josip
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    This is so impressive. (18 year old thread, but it seemed like the most appropriate place to post)

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/23/voyager-1-transmitting-data-again-after-nasa-remotely-fixes-46-year-old-probe



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