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> 547 AU For comparison Voyager-1 is now at a distance of 40 AU only.

• dmead 6y ago
  Is that number correct? Why not just launch at those starts at that point?
  • lpghatguy 6y ago
    For comparison, the nearest star to us is 268,770 AU away, or around 491 times further away. It would take quite a bit longer to get there!
    • dmead 6y ago
      i guess i was thinking more about the complexity of arranging a constellation of telescopes around sol versus just sending one much closer to a target star.
• onlyrealcuzzo 6y ago
  Is Voyager-1 still accelerating?
  • saagarjha 6y ago
    Nope, both are slowly decelerating as they leave the solar system: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Voyager_speed_and_distance_from_Sun.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Voyager_...
• hashtagmarkup 6y ago
  That is not correct... it is 150 AU away from earth. https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/ https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/
• cgriswald 6y ago
  That is incorrect. It's approximately at 150 AU[0]. For reference, that's about three times the distance of Pluto at aphelion. 547 AU is about 11 times the distance of Pluto at perihelion. [0] - https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/ https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/