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Man made items that are leaving the solar system
Posted on 6/11/22 at 11:59 am
Posted on 6/11/22 at 11:59 am
We all know about the 5 probes (Pioneers, Voyagers, and New Horizons). But there are other objects that are leaving the solar system as a result of those missions and we have no way to track them.
Pioneer 10 third stage, a TE364-4 variant of the Star-37 solid fuel rocket.[18]
Voyager 1 fourth stage, a Star 37E solid fuel rocket.[19]
Voyager 2 fourth stage, a Star 37E solid fuel rocket.[19]
New Horizons third stage, a Star 48B solid fuel rocket, is on a similar escape trajectory out of the Solar System to New Horizons, even arriving at Jupiter six hours before New Horizons. On October 15, 2015 it passed Pluto's orbit at a distance of 213 million kilometers (over 1 AU) distant from Pluto.[20][21] This was four months after New Horizons' Pluto flyby.[22]
In addition, two small yo-yo de-spin weights on wires were used to reduce the spin of the New Horizons probe prior to its release from the third-stage rocket. Once the spin rate was lowered, these masses and the wires were released, and so are also on an escape trajectory out of the Solar System
Pioneer 10 third stage, a TE364-4 variant of the Star-37 solid fuel rocket.[18]
Voyager 1 fourth stage, a Star 37E solid fuel rocket.[19]
Voyager 2 fourth stage, a Star 37E solid fuel rocket.[19]
New Horizons third stage, a Star 48B solid fuel rocket, is on a similar escape trajectory out of the Solar System to New Horizons, even arriving at Jupiter six hours before New Horizons. On October 15, 2015 it passed Pluto's orbit at a distance of 213 million kilometers (over 1 AU) distant from Pluto.[20][21] This was four months after New Horizons' Pluto flyby.[22]
In addition, two small yo-yo de-spin weights on wires were used to reduce the spin of the New Horizons probe prior to its release from the third-stage rocket. Once the spin rate was lowered, these masses and the wires were released, and so are also on an escape trajectory out of the Solar System
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:01 pm to weagle99
So, litter stacked, solar system fricked?
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:01 pm to 91TIGER
Crime in the solar system out of control!
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:04 pm to weagle99
Humans really do love trashing things up.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:05 pm to weagle99
Earth space programs be all like to the rest of the universe
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:07 pm to weagle99
That manhole cover on the Pascal-B nuke test is out there somewhere.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:10 pm to weagle99
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American made items that are leaving the solar system
& the rest of the world hasn't made it to the moon yet!
frick the metric system
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:12 pm to TigerintheNO
Antiquetiger gonna be in outer space looking for junk to resell on eBay
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:13 pm to weagle99
If those things are passing Pluto orbit, they are out there zooming through space.
ETA - looked it up and Voyager is moving at 50,000 MPH
ETA - looked it up and Voyager is moving at 50,000 MPH
This post was edited on 6/11/22 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:20 pm to FleurDeLonestar
Don’t forget that Russian dude they lost up there. I wonder where he’s at now?
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:22 pm to FleurDeLonestar
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ETA - looked it up and Voyager is moving at 50,000 MPH
Talk about gas savings
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:31 pm to LSUBoo
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That manhole cover on the Pascal-B nuke test is out there somewhere.
I remember reading about that one
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:52 pm to weagle99
A lot of people are sure of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe and that they are probably more advanced than us. But what if we are the most advanced civilization and someone else discovers our man-made stuff. Their imaginations would surely run wild with thoughts of how we are.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:55 pm to weagle99
Braxxtyns home run in the little league World Series
Posted on 6/11/22 at 12:55 pm to FleurDeLonestar
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50,000 MPH
Not jumping on that thing to catch a lift.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 1:04 pm to weagle99
Some alien spaceship will be flying along at warp 60 and hit some of our debris, scratching the paint on the spaceship.
They will figure out where it came from and come road rage us into oblivion.
We are so screwed.
They will figure out where it came from and come road rage us into oblivion.
We are so screwed.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 1:14 pm to weagle99
We are permanently losing matter on earth, albeit maybe a couple hundred pounds of material. Better start digging up some resources on the moon or mars to make up for it.
Posted on 6/11/22 at 1:25 pm to weagle99
Someday in the next hundred years, ground control will mysteriously lose contact with the first manned, multi-generational ship to a nearby star. They’ll never know that the ship was destroyed by two small yo-yo de-spin weights on wires from the New Horizons probe.
This post was edited on 6/11/22 at 1:26 pm
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