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1. eimrin+m6[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:18:28
>>belter+(OP)
> The probe is currently around 32 billion kilometers from Earth, and gets 15km further away every second.

I beg anybody to rephrase it understandingly with using some units similar to football fields. Is it possible to launch a little cheap rocket with a transmitter just to correct Voyager's position?

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2. desmon+A7[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:29:13
>>eimrin+m6
Its 3250000 australias away and gets 1 more australia away every 10 days.

Im not sure if thats what you wanted but australias per day is my new favourite unit.

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3. amenho+t9[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:45:02
>>desmon+A7
15 km further away every second and 1 Australia every 10 days implies that it would take 10 days to cross Australia if you were going at 15 km per second, which from my understanding of travel options there means either planes and trains are a lot faster than I was aware or something's got mixed up somewhere with these numbers!
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4. onetim+R9[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:48:07
>>amenho+t9
> 15 km further away every second

Nope, not true. Not every second. Depends on the time of year. For a few months, each year, Voyagers actually get closer to Earth.

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