[우주를 보다] Voyager on interstellar journey in ‘Interstellar’: ZUM Information

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An impression of Voyager flying through interstellar space. For 45 years they have been touring in deep room exchanging communications with the parabola towards the Earth (Source: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Voyager)

What would the Voyager spacecraft appear like, the very first human generation to depart the photo voltaic process and travel by way of interstellar area? An image that imagines the present-day appearance of Voyager was launched on September 9 in NASA’s “Astrophotography of the Day” (APOD), attracting notice.

Voyager 1 and 2 went into space 45 yrs in the past, in 1977 respectively, to check out exoplanets.

Voyager 2 was to start with released on August 20 in line with the alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, returning the moment every 176 several years, in orbits that move all four planets in near proximity.

Voyager 1, which began on September 5, with a subsequent full moon, was introduced into orbit past Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 1’s mission was adjusted in the center and experienced to pass by way of Saturn’s moon Titan, which prompted its flight orbit to deviate from the ecliptic plane and Pluto’s exploration experienced to be deserted.

A family members picture of the solar system taken by Voyager 1 on February 14, 1990 from the orbit of Neptune. From ideal to still left, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Sun, Venus, Earth and Jupiter ended up captured. (Source: NASA / JPL-Caltech)

However, thanks to this, Voyager 1 was in a position to consider a “solar family members image” while observing the planets of the solar program in the orbit of Neptune, which is 6 billion km from Earth. The most renowned of these is the ‘pale blue dot’, which depicts the picture of the Earth.

Currently, the two probes are the longest and furthest spacecraft. Both have traveled beyond the heliosphere and past the heliosphere, an spot defined by the influence of the photo voltaic magnetic discipline.

Voyager Cruise Idea 1. Voyager takes 17,500 many years to vacation 1 light-weight yr. Proxima Centauri, the 2nd closest star soon after the Solar, is about 4.2 gentle decades away. / photograph = NASA

Voyager 1, in its 45th 12 months of travel to the stars, is about 24 billion kilometers from the Sunshine, 157 occasions the Earth-Sun distance and 22 hours of light-weight. Voyager 2 is a little closer, but nevertheless 19.4 billion kilometers absent, 121 occasions the Earth-Sunlight length. This equates to 18 hrs of light-weight (the distance of 18 hours from light). Both of those probes continue to be the only spacecraft at this time checking out interstellar space.

Every single spacecraft has a 30 cm lengthy gold disc affixed to the ship’s overall body, with recorded sounds, photos and messages. The copper-plated disc is made of a product that will not be weakened by extensive interstellar journey and is intended to inform the tale of everyday living and lifestyle on Earth to extraterrestrial intelligence.

Kwangsik Lee science journalist [email protected]

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