This Grand Theft Pluto: New Horizons Gets a Boost From Jupiter Flyby [1] "For New Horizons to speed up, of course, Jupiter must slow down. "That's conservation

This Grand Theft Pluto: New Horizons Gets a Boost From Jupiter Flyby [1] "For New Horizons to speed up, of course, Jupiter must slow down. "That's conservation of energy," he says. But no one will notice. The change in Jupiter's orbit around the Sun due to the flyby is fantastically small. New Horizons will absorb about 1/1025 of Jupiter's orbital energy. That's like "taking a single drop out of the ocean," says Farquhar. " [1] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/news/jupiter_flyby.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/news/jupiter_...