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-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?
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?