boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down15
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareanubis119@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·8 months agoVoyager 1 is almost one light day away, and now my brain hurts thinking about it.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 months agoRoughly just under one work day.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoPluto is only about 4.5 light hours away on average
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down61·8 months 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-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82arrow-down1·8 months agoHe said day, not year.
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down13·8 months agoI’m pretty sure I read light year initially. Maybe OP modified their comment? I could’ve have misread it also. 🤷♂️
minus-squareReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIt would say (edited) if they edited their comment
minus-squareisles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoAlso, just for anyone else, the Sun is not 1 light year away from Earth, instead ~499 light seconds.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoBut it’s a leap year so it should be longer this year.
minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoAaannnd I get to post this https://m.xkcd.com/2897/
minus-squareKafanzi Max. PraetorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoYou broke and reinforced relativity at the same time
minus-squarePrecisePangolinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months 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.
Pluto is only about 4.5 light hours away on average
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.
Also, just for anyone else, the Sun is not 1 light year away from Earth, instead ~499 light seconds.
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
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?