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Voyager 1 and 2 Distance
- iwwr 11y agoSo Voyager 1 is 1/6 of the way to the Sun's gravitational lens focus, a point in space past which the Sun itself acts as a gravitational lens (with a very small field of view) in the opposite direction. Those points can be exploited by space telescopes for direct imaging of extrasolar systems and for interstellar communication.
- yitchelle 11y agoDo anyone know how NASA is measuring these distances? It uses the term odometer, which implies that the distance is not calculated, but measured. Is this true?
- tux 11y agoThis article may help; http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/recalculating_space.html http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/recalculating_space.html