boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down15
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkNASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is talking nonsense. Its friends on Earth are worriedwww.npr.orgboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down64·8 months ago1 light year = 63241.077 AU (distance between Sun and Earth) Distance of Voyager 1 from Earth: ~162.84 AU Not even close. Sources: Voyager mission status Light year - Wikipedia
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87arrow-down1·8 months agoHe said day, not year.
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·edit-28 months agoMakes me miss the old sub /r/ConfidentlyIncorrect. I need to see if that exists on Lemmy anywhere. Edit: Sure does: !confidently_incorrect@lemmy.world
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down14·8 months agoI’m pretty sure I read light year initially. Maybe OP modified their comment? I could’ve have misread it also. 🤷♂️
minus-squareReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIt would say (edited) if they edited their comment
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-28 months agoWould you say it is about 1/365th the the distance of a light year? I wonder if there is a term for that…
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoBut it’s a leap year so it should be longer this year.
minus-squarebandwidthcrisis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoAaannnd I get to post this https://m.xkcd.com/2897/
minus-squarekalfa@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoYou broke and reinforced relativity at the same time
minus-squareisles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoAlso, just for anyone else, the Sun is not 1 light year away from Earth, instead ~499 light seconds.
minus-squarePrecisePangolin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThe distance between the sun and earth is ~93 million miles. A light year is 5.88 trillion miles. We are not 1 light year away from the sun. We are about 8.5 mins from the sun (speed of light) right?
1 light year = 63241.077 AU (distance between Sun and Earth)
Distance of Voyager 1 from Earth: ~162.84 AU
Not even close.
Sources:
He said day, not year.
Makes me miss the old sub /r/ConfidentlyIncorrect. I need to see if that exists on Lemmy anywhere.
Edit: Sure does: !confidently_incorrect@lemmy.world
Hahahaha!! 🤣🤣
I’m pretty sure I read light year initially. Maybe OP modified their comment?
I could’ve have misread it also. 🤷♂️
It would say (edited) if they edited their comment
Ah alright then. My bad.
Would you say it is about 1/365th the the distance of a light year? I wonder if there is a term for that…
One light day?
But it’s a leap year so it should be longer this year.
Aaannnd I get to post this https://m.xkcd.com/2897/
You broke and reinforced relativity at the same time
Also, just for anyone else, the Sun is not 1 light year away from Earth, instead ~499 light seconds.
The distance between the sun and earth is ~93 million miles. A light year is 5.88 trillion miles. We are not 1 light year away from the sun. We are about 8.5 mins from the sun (speed of light) right?