Voyager reached 100 AU distance at 5:13 pm Eastern Time yesterday

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SDF — 8/17/2006 12:06:37 PM (archived)

If that is the geometric position, then it won't be visible until 7:06 am this morning (about 1 hr ago), when the light reaches us (or whatever they use to track it, radio, radar, etc.).

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Voyager 1 at 100 AU ! - Raoul - 8/16/2006 5:49:05 PM
- re: Voyager 1 at 100 AU ! - Jacob Samorodin - 8/16/2006 10:46:38 PM
  - I wonder if they've accounted for lightspeed delay - SDF - 8/17/2006 12:01:28 PM
    - Voyager reached 100 AU distance at 5:13 pm Eastern Time yesterday - SDF - 8/17/2006 12:06:37 PM
- re: Voyager 1 at 100 AU ! - Hans - 8/16/2006 6:03:43 PM
  - re: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (n/t) - Raoul - 8/16/2006 6:22:45 PM
    - From the latest Voyager Mission Status Report - ljk - 8/17/2006 2:36:13 AM
      - Voyager in the News from JPL - LJK - 8/22/2006 8:04:05 PM

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