whoa, TIL that voyager 1 is almost 1 light-day away from earth

realtime chart for Voyager 1 and Voyager 2's respective distances from earth. the chart, left to right, top to bottom, displays: | | Voyager 1 | Voyager 2 | Launch Date | Mon, 05 Sept 1977 12:56:00 UTC | Sat, 20 Aug 1977 14:29:00 UTC | | Mission Elapsed Time | 49:02:04:04:58:48 | 49:02:20:03:25:48 | | Distance from Earth | 25,881,539,395 km (173.00740495 AU) | 144.77496611 AU (21,658,026,660 km) | | Distance from the Sun | 25,776,289,669 km (172.30385398 AU) | 21,606,460,108 km (144.43026500 AU) | | Velocity with Respect to the Sun (est.) | 60,904.80 kph | 54.946.80 kph | | One-Way Light Time | 23:58:51 (hh:mm:ss) | 20:04:03 (hh:mm:ss) | across the bottom, a countdown banner reads: Voyager 1 to Reach One Light-Day 08:16: 21: 11 NOV 18, 2026, 5:16AM EST
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realtime chart for Voyager 1 and Voyager 2's respective distances from earth. the chart, left to right, top to bottom, displays:

| | Voyager 1 | Voyager 2
| Launch Date | Mon, 05 Sept 1977 12:56:00 UTC | Sat, 20 Aug 1977 14:29:00 UTC |
| Mission Elapsed Time | 49:02:04:04:58:48 | 49:02:20:03:25:48 |
| Distance from Earth | 25,881,539,395 km (173.00740495 AU) |
144.77496611 AU (21,658,026,660 km) |
| Distance from the Sun | 25,776,289,669 km (172.30385398 AU) |
21,606,460,108 km (144.43026500 AU) |
| Velocity with Respect to the Sun (est.) | 60,904.80 kph | 54.946.80 kph |
| One-Way Light Time | 23:58:51 (hh:mm:ss) | 20:04:03 (hh:mm:ss) |

across the bottom, a countdown banner reads:
Voyager 1 to Reach One Light-Day 08:16: 21: 11 NOV 18, 2026, 5:16AM EST
i talked with a colleague the other day about an astronomical computations talk he was putting together, and we got on the subject of the voyager probes. this morning i looked it up and holy WOW i didn't realize this landmark had almost been reached.

via NASA's resources for the voyager probes:
https://science.nasa.gov/mission...

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