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minus-squareiegod@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoActually, it is! Space motion isn’t straightforward. Here’s another article that has a diagram indicating the relative positions. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-optical-comms-demo-transmits-data-over-140-million-miles
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoOh wow thanks! I did not have the perspective for the distance. I figured that was Voyager 1 kind of numbers.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoVoyager 1 is in the neighborhood of 15b miles from earth!
Actually, it is! Space motion isn’t straightforward. Here’s another article that has a diagram indicating the relative positions.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-optical-comms-demo-transmits-data-over-140-million-miles
Oh wow thanks! I did not have the perspective for the distance. I figured that was Voyager 1 kind of numbers.
Voyager 1 is in the neighborhood of 15b miles from earth!
Hot damn