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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. danbru+Ax[view] [source] 2023-07-31 14:08:38
>>eimrin+m6
The number is wrong to begin with, Voyager 2 is about 20 billion kilometers from Earth [1] if I did not do the conversion incorrectly as NASA shows it in miles only.

[1] https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/

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