Flight Path of Voyager 2 Began 82077 Cumulative Locations

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Flight Path of Voyager 2 Began
8/20/77Cumulative Locations

• Created for CVCA Physics
• By
• Dick Heckathorn
• 17 Jun 2K4

2
Launch 8/20/77
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
3
1/1/78
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
4
1/1/79
7/9/79
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
5
1/1/80
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
6
1/1/81
Saturn
Jupiter
8/27/81
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
7
1/1/82
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
8
1/1/83
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
9
1/1/84
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
10
1/1/85
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
11
1/1/86
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
1/31/86
Neptune
12
1/1/87
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
13
1/1/88
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
14
1/1/89
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
9/4/89
Neptune
15
1/1/90
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
16
1/1/02
Saturn
Jupiter
Voyager 2
Uranus
Neptune
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Voyager 2
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Saturn
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter
7/9/79
1/1/79
1/1/80
1/1/78
1/1/81
8/27/81
8/20/77 Launch
1/1/82
1/1/83
1/1/84
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
Uranus
1/1/85
1/1/86
1/31/86
1/1/87
1/1/02
1/1/88
1/1/89
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
Neptune
9/4/89
1/1/90
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As of 8/20/99 Voyager 2 was As of 1/5/01 Voyager
2 was
8,776,000,000 km from the Sun
9,411,000,000 km from the Sun
12,234,000,000 km traveled
12,923,000,000 km traveled
15.826 km/sec relative to the Sun
15.767 km/sec relative to the Sun
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As of 8/20/99 Voyager 2 was As of 1/5/01 Voyager
2 was
Round trip light time 16 hr, 4 min, 18 sec
Round trip light time 17 hr, 41 min, 06 sec
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As of 8/20/99 Fuel Analysis As of 1/5/01 Fuel
Analysis
Consuming 6.32 grams/week fuel
Consuming 7.80 grams/week fuel
32.26 Kg - fuel remaining
31.66 Kg - fuel remaining
321.3 watts - output
314.9 watts - output
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In July 2003, Voyager 2 was 10.6 Billion km from
the Sun (70 A.U.)
It was traveling at 3.3 A.U./year.
It has enough power to last until at least 2020
when it will be 16.9 Billion km from the Sun.
In 296,000 years it will be within 4.3 light
years of the star Sirius.