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Voyager 2 Proves Solar System is Squashed
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As of August 30, 2007, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin Voyager 1 into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the stars.
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Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 headed on different paths out of the Solar System toward interstellar space. Traveling at different speeds and in different directions, Voyager 1 encountered the termination shock at 94 astronomical units (AU) and Voyager 2 encountered it at only 84 AU. The result, as seen in this combination of an artist's concept and a researcher's model, is a somewhat 'squashed' picture of the solar system.
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| Animation Number: | 10181 |
| Animator: | Walt Feimer (Lead) |
| Studio: | NASA |
| Completed: | 2008-01-16 |
| Scientist: | Edward C. Stone (California Institute of Technology) |
| Goddard TV Tape: | G2007-079 -- Voyager 2 Enters the Final Frontier of the Solar System |
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Please give credit for this item to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab, Model Data from Opher, et al. 2006 |
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