I just saw a picture taken of Earth 4 billion miles from Earth...WOW!
2006-12-03 12:31:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Voyager has gone more than twice as far as Pluto. But that is still less than 1/1,000 as far as the nearest star.
2006-12-03 12:38:44 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia says Voyager 1 and not Voyager 2 is the farthest manmade object from earth
2006-12-03 13:04:10 · answer #2 · answered by Mayur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US exploration vehicle Voyager 1 holds that distinction. It recently passed 100 astronomical units from the sun or approximately 9.3 billion miles from Earth.
2006-12-03 12:36:47 · answer #3 · answered by iraq51 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That would be the Voyager II space craft. I don't know where it is right now but I do know that it was launched August 20, 1977.
Voyager 2 is speeding away from the Sun at a velocity of about 3.13 AU/year toward a point in the sky of RA=338 degrees, Dec=-62 degrees (-47.46 degrees ecliptic latitude, 310.89 degrees ecliptic longitude).
It is also the fastest moving vehicle ever made by man. But theres one little thing going on with it that Scientists can't figure out. It's slowing down, which by all the laws of Physic's currently known to us, is impossible.
2006-12-03 12:41:55 · answer #4 · answered by soul_plus_heart_equals_man 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
It's Voyager 1. It's over 100 AU from Earth.
2006-12-03 13:00:56 · answer #5 · answered by Otis F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Voyager I
Check out the source link to see how far away other satellites are.
2006-12-03 13:08:18 · answer #6 · answered by D M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Voyager is still going I believe.
2006-12-03 13:27:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋