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I don't think a new one would take 30 years. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/ion/overview/overview.htm http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/ion/overview/overview.htm It to
by mkr-hn 15y ago
I don't think a new one would take 30 years.
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/ion/overview/overview.htm http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/ion/overview/overview.htm
It tops out at 90,000 meters per second.
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html
The furthest one out is 17 billion kilometers.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=17+billion+kilometers+divided+by+90000+meters http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8...
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=188888889+seconds+in+years http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8...
That's about six years, though I don't know how long it would take to reach the top speed.
- junkbit 15y agoHow long does it take the data to reach us?
- patrickyeon 15y agoSpeed of light, baby! IIRC, on the order of 4 hours from Pluto. 16 hours (one-way) out to Voyager 1 where it is now.
- ralfd 15y agoWolfram Alpha excels in that type of questions: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+pluto+%2F+lightspeed http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+pluto+%2F+ligh... http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+voyager+1+%2F+lightspeed http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+voyager+1+%2F+... P.S. You are correct.
- mkr-hn 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light "astronomical units per day: 173" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit#Examples http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit#Examples "94 AU: Termination shock between Solar winds/Interstellar winds/Interstellar medium" I think astronomers would prefer data move back and forth faster, but they're used to waiting that long and more for things to happen.