Space/Science — HabitableZone

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How long to edge of Earth's 'sphere of influence'?

As its speed drops every second, how long until the probe reaches the official boundary of the Earth-Moon system, about a million miles out, and what will its hyperbolic excess velocity be then? And how much greater is that value than for the previous fastest human-origin vehicle?

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