Voyager approaching edge of our Solar System. Wow.

Is no one else as surprised as me that it has travelled 17,400,000,000km and yet hasn't encountered anything which has damaged/collided with it?

Must be a very empty old place up there. :/
 
I've started getting into things like this and it really does amaze me all the time, shame I don't really get all the science side of things, but it's interesting none the less.

Enjoyed reading that, thanks :)
 
Brilliant achievment, shame there is a lack of money and interest,. The things we could do and speeds we coukd acheive now is amazibg. Soner we start mining, refining and buiding in space or the moon the better.
 
jak731 said:
What amazes me is going from the smallest meaningful size (the planck length ~10^-34m) to our size (~1m) is a bigger scale change than going from our size to the size of the observable universe (~10^27m). Our bodies are a good 4 orders of magnitude above the logarithmic halfway point.

This means that comparing the size of the visible universe to something 0.1mm in size (say a speck of dust) is the same as comparing that speck of dust to the smallest meaningful thing (possibly strings) in the realm of the quantum foam.
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It took me a while to work out exactly what you were talking about, after about five minutes of the cogs turning I am amazed. Are you serious though? it sounds almost unbelievable.
 
Anyone thought about this?

It has a plaque on there with information of where it came from, so when its power source runs out and carries on floating about space for all of eternity and maybe its eventually found by something, will they come to visit? Is it even a good idea to do that? An open invititation to come say hi?
 
Relentless81 said:
Anyone thought about this?

It has a plaque on there with information of where it came from, so when its power source runs out and carries on floating about space for all of eternity and maybe its eventually found by something, will they come to visit? Is it even a good idea to do that? An open invititation to come say hi?
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It's a tiny object in a massive universe, it also will take 10's of thousands of years to even reach our nearest stars. Don;t think there's anything to worry about.
 
AcidHell2 said:
It's a tiny object in a massive universe, it also will take 10's of thousands of years to even reach our nearest stars. Don;t think there's anything to worry about.
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An incredibly tiny object. If it got anywhere near another system that could detect it, mavity from that system will start to pull it toward the largest object. If that is the case, if it is detected, they will need to be able to intercept it before it comes close to the atmosphere of whatever object begins to pull it in. I don't think it would stand a chance.
 
Anyone know if we can see a long-term plan of where both Voyagers are going? I know they are expected to pass through the heliosheath and enter interstellar space, but according to current predictions, when and where will they end up next? If they do get pulled in by the mavity of another planet or another star, where will this be?
 
apeZ said:
Anyone know if we can see a long-term plan of where both Voyagers are going? I know they are expected to pass through the heliosheath and enter interstellar space, but according to current predictions, when and where will they end up next? If they do get pulled in by the mavity of another planet or another star, where will this be?
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All that they have said is this:

Both Voyagers are headed towards the outer boundary of the solar system in search of the heliopause, the region where the Sun's influence wanes and the beginning of interstellar space can be sensed. The heliopause has never been reached by any spacecraft; the Voyagers may be the first to pass through this region, which is thought to exist somewhere from 8 to 14 billion miles from the Sun. This is where the million-mile-per-hour solar winds slows to about 250,000 miles per hour—the first indication that the wind is nearing the heliopause. The Voyagers should cross the heliopause 10 to 20 years after reaching the termination shock. The Voyagers have enough electrical power and thruster fuel to operate at least until 2020. By that time, Voyager 1 will be 12.4 billion miles (19.9 billion KM) from the Sun and Voyager 2 will be 10.5 billion miles (16.9 billion KM) away. Eventually, the Voyagers will pass other stars. In about 40,000 years, Voyager 1 will drift within 1.6 light years (9.3 trillion miles) of AC+79 3888, a star in the constellation of Camelopardalis. In some 296,000 years, Voyager 2 will pass 4.3 light years (25 trillion miles) from Sirius, the brightest star in the sky . The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way.
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Source

You could email the mission team and ask. :D
 
KatanaDV20 said:
Today saw the annoucement that the Voyager 1 spaceprobe is approaching the edge of the Solar System. It is now 17.4 billion That figure is so huge our weeny brains cant even comprehend it!
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That figure pales in comparison to the bank bailout. The UK + USA bailout = One Trillion Five Hundred Fifty Billion


bloomin banks.
 
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Raist said:
An incredibly tiny object. If it got anywhere near another system that could detect it, mavity from that system will start to pull it toward the largest object. If that is the case, if it is detected, they will need to be able to intercept it before it comes close to the atmosphere of whatever object begins to pull it in. I don't think it would stand a chance.
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AcidHell2 said:
It's a tiny object in a massive universe, it also will take 10's of thousands of years to even reach our nearest stars. Don;t think there's anything to worry about.
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I'm not worried i'll be long gone but odds are odds otherwise they wouldnt have bothered with the plaque :p
 
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* Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43
* Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08
* Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull. 0:56
* Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes. 1:26
* Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi México. 3:14
* "Johnny B. Goode," written and performed by Chuck Berry. 2:38
* New Guinea, men's house song, recorded by Robert MacLennan. 1:20
* Japan, shakuhachi, "Tsuru No Sugomori" ("Crane's Nest,") performed by Goro Yamaguchi. 4:51
* Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin, performed by Arthur Grumiaux. 2:55
* Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night ****, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2:55
* Georgian S.S.R., chorus, "Tchakrulo," collected by Radio Moscow. 2:18
* Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima. 0:52
* "Melancholy Blues," performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. 3:05
* Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes, recorded by Radio Moscow. 2:30
* Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, conductor. 4:35
* Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1. Glenn Gould, piano. 4:48
* Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor. 7:20
* Bulgaria, "Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin," sung by Valya Balkanska. 4:59
* Navajo Indians, Night Chant, recorded by Willard Rhodes. 0:57
* Holborne, Paueans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs, "The Fairie Round," performed by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. 1:17
* Solomon Islands, panpipes, collected by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service. 1:12
* Peru, wedding song, recorded by John Cohen. 0:38
* China, ch'in, "Flowing Streams," performed by Kuan P'ing-hu. 7:37
* India, raga, "Jaat Kahan Ho," sung by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar. 3:30
* "Dark Was the Night," written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson. 3:15
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