Astronomy / Space Voyager has left the Solar System

[DrBaggy]

And so it begins...confirmed today Voyager is the first man-made object to have left the solar system

http://news.sky.com/story/1140931/voyager-1-spacecraft-has-left-solar-system

Now that could make a good Star Trek movie....

 

[Cody]

Voyager has entered interstellar space

There's some debate about that. Formally, the Solar System extends out to the Oort Cloud - that's a long way off yet!

 

[Sir.Tj]

Was it something we said?

Fascinating though, it's got power for another 10 or so years so the things we might learn.

 

[DrBaggy]

There's some debate about that. Formally, the Solar System extends out to the Oort Cloud - that's a long way off yet!

Well, the Zen Buddhist in me knows all these things are man-made constructs.

Still, if Rupert Murdoch says it, it has to be true

 

[gunbladelad]

Yet again...

Give it a couple of days and scientists will once again redefine what determines the edge of the solar system, placing Voyager 1 back inside the Solar system again.

You'd think these guys would know when to just let go...

(Note : link pinched from my topic several months ago about Voyager leaving the solar system then...)

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5529

 

[Sir.Tj]

Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 is now discussing it on his program.

Should be avaliable on Iplayer.

 

[DrBaggy]

Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 is now discussing it on his program.

Should be avaliable on Iplayer.

I wish Jeremy Vine would leave the solar system

 

[Cody]

I wish Jeremy Vine would leave the solar system

I'm inclined to agree - but would we want him as our first Ambassador to another star system?

 

[Mobius]

Yet again...

(Note : link pinched from my topic several months ago about Voyager leaving the solar system then...)

http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5529

yeah ive lost count how many times its left the solar system. but it appears that it just doesnt want to go.

 

[DrBaggy]

yeah ive lost count how many times its left the solar system. but it appears that it just doesnt want to go.

Of course if you're a Trekkie (what, me? Of course not!) it wants to come back!!

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/V%27Ger

(alright, I admit that was 6, not 1: quite proud not to have known that till I looked it up )

 

[gunbladelad]

On a side note, one part of this article (an older one) got my attention.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13704153

Voyager 1 is on course to approach a star called AC +793888

Must be dropping off some Federal Military blank requisition forms there, eh...?

 

[JeffRyan]

My first reaction was the same: again?

Then I decided screw it, for me now it has officially left the solar system. That's it. Also from what I understand previous 'leavings' are actually correct. Voyager 1 officially left the solar system on or about the 25th of August 2012. It's only NOW that it's confirmed. I think this latest news is as good as it's gonna get for the next 30,000 years or so.

 

[Nagual]

According to the fella on Radio 2 yesterday is not moving very fast.








A mere 17 000 miles per second.

Not bad for a 60's idea made with 70's equipment, thats still working today. My 80's TV blew up a few years after getting it...

 

[Cody]

According to the fella on Radio 2 yesterday is not moving very fast. A mere 17 000 miles per second.

What, Voyager? I think that should be 17km/sec - you can't trust the BBC anymore!

 

[Nagual]

Just checked the NASA page for it, around 35 000mph.