http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/04/voyager-probes-not-out-of-the-solar-system-just-yet/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/04/voyager-probes-not-out-of-the-solar-system-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-6916 The Solar System Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:34:49 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=9654#comment-6916 Is there a scientific consensus as to where the edge of the solar system is? What about the Oort cloud, it's under the gravitational influence of the sun so doesn't that make it part of the solar system? Is there a scientific consensus as to where the edge of the solar system is? What about the Oort cloud, it’s under the gravitational influence of the sun so doesn’t that make it part of the solar system?

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/04/voyager-probes-not-out-of-the-solar-system-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-6663 Arvind Gautam Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:42:43 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=9654#comment-6663 @Jeff Dilegge : That is actually not true. For THAT to be true - the probe has to have been slowing down all this time to the point where the edge of the solar system is the point where it comes to a stop before falling towards the Sun. The initial propulsion factored in the gravity of the solar system (Sun and the planets AND the moons..asteroids..everything) and the calculated escape velocity of the probe took that into account to come up with a solar system escape velocity. @Jeff Dilegge : That is actually not true. For THAT to be true – the probe has to have been slowing down all this time to the point where the edge of the solar system is the point where it comes to a stop before falling towards the Sun. The initial propulsion factored in the gravity of the solar system (Sun and the planets AND the moons..asteroids..everything) and the calculated escape velocity of the probe took that into account to come up with a solar system escape velocity.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/04/voyager-probes-not-out-of-the-solar-system-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-6662 Reynard Fox Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:14:16 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=9654#comment-6662 RE: Jeff Dilegge, You sir are a muppet. RE: Jeff Dilegge, You sir are a muppet.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/04/voyager-probes-not-out-of-the-solar-system-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-6659 Heidi Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:20:47 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=9654#comment-6659 Why does the bubble around the solar system exist? Is it made of gravity and gases, or...? Why does the bubble around the solar system exist? Is it made of gravity and gases, or…?

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/04/voyager-probes-not-out-of-the-solar-system-just-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-6657 Jeff Dilegge Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:06:33 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=9654#comment-6657 They cannot exit the solar system without much more powerful propulsion. They cannot exit the solar system without much more powerful propulsion.

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