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  Those of you tracking the distances here or on 'that other social channel' will have noticed that the _change_ in the reported distance to Voyager 1 has been slowly _decreasing_. How can this be? Is Voyager returning? ...no. This happens near this time of year, every year. You have to remember that these distances are being measured from a moving platform: Earth. Earth's orbital speed is faster than that of either spacecraft, so at certain times of year, Earth will catch up, and the...

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  Thanks to an amazing collaboration with C. Boyer, MaxQ has developed an AMAZING tool honoring the upcoming milestone of Voyager 1 crossing the 1 Light Day mark. Check it out at https://maxq.app/voyager

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  I am currently ~19h 59m 26s of light travel time from Earth (2026:288:000000:2L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 49m 13s of light travel time from Earth (2026:258:120000:1L)

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  Today the Voyager Program completes 35,000 days of operations in space. Because I was launched 11 days before sister Voyager 1, its not quite evenly split, but I think it is a splendid record, don't you?

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  At this time, 47 years ago today, July 9, 1979, I made my closest approach to Jupiter, coming within 570,000 km / 354,000 mi of the cloud tops, or 4.89 Jupiter radii.

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  47 years ago today, July 9, 1979, I made my closest approach to Jupiter. PDS Photojournal: http://ow.ly/aBYZd

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 03s of light travel time from Earth, or 25,399,000,000 km / 15,782,000,000 mi / 169.784 AU (2026:130:120000:1L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 00s of light travel time from Earth (2026:128:120000:1L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 31m 51s of light travel time from Earth (2026:117:120000:1L)

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  I am currently ~19h 45m 04s of light travel time from Earth (2026:122:000000:2L)

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  I am currently ~19h 45m 12s of light travel time from Earth (2026:118:000000:2L)

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  I am currently ~19h 45m 23s of light travel time from Earth (2026:113:000000:2L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 20s of light travel time from Earth (2026:085:120000:1L)

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  I am currently ~19h 46m 25s of light travel time from Earth (2026:086:000000:2L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 15s of light travel time from Earth (2026:088:120000:1L)

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  I am currently ~19h 46m 18s of light travel time from Earth (2026:089:000000:2L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 13s of light travel time from Earth (2026:089:120000:1L)

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  I am currently ~19h 46m 16s of light travel time from Earth, or 21,338,000,000 km / 13,259,000,000 mi / 142.636 AU (2026:090:000000:2L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 12s of light travel time from Earth, or 25,402,000,000 km / 15,784,000,000 mi / 169.802 AU (2026:090:120000:1L)

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  I am currently ~19h 46m 14s of light travel time from Earth (2026:091:000000:2L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 10s of light travel time from Earth (2026:091:120000:1L)

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  I am currently ~19h 46m 12s of light travel time from Earth (2026:092:000000:2L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 09s of light travel time from Earth (2026:092:120000:1L)

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  I am currently ~19h 46m 09s of light travel time from Earth (2026:093:000000:2L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 07s of light travel time from Earth (2026:093:120000:1L)

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  I am currently ~19h 46m 07s of light travel time from Earth (2026:094:000000:2L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 06s of light travel time from Earth (2026:094:120000:1L)

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  Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 19s of light travel time from Earth (2026:086:120000:1L)