Prof. Sam Lawler on Nostr: I just looked up Voyager 1's current position for a talk and saw something wild: ...
I just looked up Voyager 1's current position for a talk and saw something wild: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/
The distance between Earth and Voyager 1 is actually *decreasing* right now (even though the distance between Voyager 1 and the Sun is increasing). A website bug?
Nope! Earth moves really fast around the Sun. Right now we're moving faster toward Voyager 1 than it's flying away from us
Earth orbits at 30 km/s around the Sun, Voyager is going "only" 17 km/s. I love orbital dynamics!
The distance between Earth and Voyager 1 is actually *decreasing* right now (even though the distance between Voyager 1 and the Sun is increasing). A website bug?
Nope! Earth moves really fast around the Sun. Right now we're moving faster toward Voyager 1 than it's flying away from us
Earth orbits at 30 km/s around the Sun, Voyager is going "only" 17 km/s. I love orbital dynamics!