{"id":4599,"date":"2013-09-23T05:53:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T05:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4599"},"modified":"2013-09-23T05:55:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T05:55:32","slug":"so-where-exactly-is-voyager-1-with-respect-to-the-solar-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4599","title":{"rendered":"So where exactly is Voyager 1 with respect to the Solar System?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reader points to this discussion of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/interstellarvoyager\/\" target=\"_blank\">where<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/voyager.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Voyager 1<\/a> spacecraft is with respect to our <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inner_Solar_System\" target=\"_blank\">solar system<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heliosphere\" target=\"_blank\">heliosphere<\/a> , the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oort_cloud\" target=\"_blank\">Oort clou<\/a>d, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/interstellarvoyager\/\" target=\"_blank\">interstellar space<\/a>, a topic on which recent reports may have left some people confused:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/maddowblog.msnbc.com\/_news\/2013\/09\/22\/20637095-whats-the-deal-with-voyager-1?lite\" target=\"_d\">What&#8217;s the deal with Voyager 1? &#8211; The Maddow Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/75091774?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/75091774\">Has Voyager 1 left the solar system?<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user3150214\">The Rachel Maddow Show<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0This plot is particularly helpful:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?release=2013-278\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"This artist's concept shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/images\/voyager\/20130912b\/pia17046-640.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"272\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?release=2013-278\" target=\"_blank\">You Are Here, Voyager<\/a>: This artist&#8217;s concept puts huge solar system distances in <\/em><br \/>\n<em>perspective. The scale bar is measured in astronomical units (AU), with each set<br \/>\ndistance<\/em> <em>beyond 1 AU representing 10 times the previous distance. Each AU is equal to<br \/>\nthe\u00a0 <\/em><em>distance from the sun to the Earth. It took from 1977 to 2013 for Voyager 1 to reach <\/em><br \/>\n<em>the edge of interstellar space. Image Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader points to this discussion of where the Voyager 1 spacecraft is with respect to our solar system, the heliosphere , the Oort cloud, and interstellar space, a topic on which recent reports may have left some people confused:\u00a0 What&#8217;s the deal with Voyager 1? &#8211; The Maddow Blog Has Voyager 1 left the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4599\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">So where exactly is Voyager 1 with respect to the Solar System?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-education","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1cb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17256,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17256","url_meta":{"origin":4599,"position":0},"title":"Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in 1977, joins Voyager 1 in leaving the Sun's\u00a0heliosphere and entering interstellar space: NASA\u2019s Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space https:\/\/youtu.be\/MGPM58S5Njg For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. 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