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On 13/08/2019 12:01 am, Daniel60 wrote:
a425couple wrote on 7/08/2019 1:40 AM: On 8/2/2019 6:33 AM, wrote: Inarguably, we have had no confirmed contact with Aliens. Voyager 1 entered interstellar space in August 2012, nearly 35 years after blasting off, scientists announced Thursday (Sept. 12). As it leaves our solar system behind, the robotic spacecraft is streaking toward an encounter with a star called AC +79 3888, which lies 17.6 light-years from Earth. A star field image shows Voyager 1 spacecraft's next destination in the universe (circled). According to NASA, "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 which is heading toward the constellation Ophiuchus." Image released Sept. 12, 2013. So it will pass 1.6 light-years for a star that is 17.6 light-years away!! So with-in about 9% of the total distance! Is that really note-worthy?? The Voyagers are less than 1 light *day* from the sun. The nearest star is 4.3 light *years* away. I estimate Voyagers are 2,000 times closer to our sun than Proxima Centauri. To illustrate the scale place a marble (Voyagers) 1 meter away from a beach ball (sun). Proxima is 2km away. I wouldn't say that's cutting the apron strings or really interstellar space. It's only halfway down the drive way. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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