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Do we actually know where they end up? Is it possible to make a reliable calculation on their trajectory in let's say 50.000 years? Do they get locked in a next
by holoduke 8y ago
Do we actually know where they end up? Is it possible to make a reliable calculation on their trajectory in let's say 50.000 years? Do they get locked in a next solar system or will they continuesly be catapulted between systems?
They are not solar powered right? So they won't be powered up again when reaching a next star (assuming all electronics are still alive)
- Sharlin 8y agoNeither probe is headed towards any particular star. In roughly 40,000 years each will pass a small nearby star (Gliese 445 and Ross 248 for V1 and V2 respectively) at a distance of over 1ly, far too distant for the stars to have much effect on the trajectory of the probes. Barring any chance encounters, the spacecraft will be drifting in the interstellar space for a very, very long time.