User: anonymous   Login
Location: Wien
(48.2082°N, 16.3738°E)
Time: 22:32:23
(UTC+02:00)
Language:

Spacecraft escaping the Solar System

This page shows the current positions and other interesting data of the five spacecraft which are leaving the Solar System on escape trajectories - our first emissaries to the stars. On this scale, the nearest star to the Sun would be approximately 100 meters away, and it would take Voyager 1 about 70,000 years to cover that distance.

View from 90° above ecliptic plane
View from 10° above ecliptic plane

Pioneer 10Pioneer 11Voyager 2Voyager 1New Horizons
Distance from Sun (AU)138.579116.202139.714167.11761.797
Speed relative to Sun (km/s)11.87611.14215.26916.92613.629
Speed relative to Sun (AU/year)2.5052.3503.2213.5712.875
Ecliptic latitude14°-38°35°
Declination25° 57'-8° 47'-59° 32'12° 25'-20° 7'
Right ascension5h 12m18h 56m20h 10m17h 16m19h 20m
ConstellationTaurusScutumPavoOphiuchusSagittarius
Distance from Earth (AU)139.531115.500139.208166.32761.130
One-way light time (hours)19.3416.0119.3023.068.47
Brightness of Sun from spacecraft (Magnitude)-16.0-16.4-16.0-15.6-17.7
Spacecraft still functioning?nonoyesyesyes
Launch date1972-Mar-031973-Apr-061977-Aug-201977-Sep-052006-Jan-19
 

DLR