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Should New Horizons's star48 upper-stage be included here? It is escaping the solar system. According to NASA NH and it's Star48 stage were the first object boosted directly to solar escape velocity. Ganesha 23:49, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
As the rocket boosters on most of these probes were always expected to head out into the wide black yonder, did they mark them in any way to make them more interesting to our alien neighbours ? :)
I mean, it presumably would have been fairly easy to engrave copies of the Pioneer plaques, or a host of other tidbits, onto the structures of these things. But did they ? The Yeti (talk) 20:20, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
"Booster" as used here does not conform to the modern use of the term as we define it on our page Booster (rocketry). The booster is the first stage of a multistage rocket, not the last upper stage. Some people at the beginning of the Space Race (late 1950s and early 1960s) would sometimes call launch vehicles "boosters", but this was based on lack of technical knowledge, and sounds even more ignorant and unprofessional today. The terminology needs to be changed. JustinTime55 (talk) 12:48, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
V2 didn't have a destination listed like the other 4 so I copied it from the Voyager 2 page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:102D:7000:3960:E3B9:25B3:C512 (talk) 21:22, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
On the wikitable of escaping objects, I would really like to see the escape velocities (per heliocentric distance) in a separate column for direct comparison to each object's actual current velocity, perhaps for the next time the table is updated. However, the Heavens-Above and JPL sources apparently don't provide this additional detail. DWIII (talk) 01:14, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Which two spacecraft are the most spread-out human-made objects ever created? It doesn't say on the page...--27 is my favorite number. You can ask me why here. 19:10, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Article currently describes the final Star solid fuel motors as upper or third stages of the launch rocket but this not how they are procured or built. The final solid fuel kick motors are formally Propulsion Modules of the spacecraft rather than final stages of the launcher. I haven't changed the wording yet in case, or so, people can find sources on this issue, or comment here. - Rod57 (talk) 02:34, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
Since we know the trajectories of the probes leaving the solar system, would it be possible for someone to make some sort of 3d interactive model of each of their escape paths, so as to provide a better understanding of how each of the probes is leaving the solar system relative to one another? Smoltran (talk) 18:43, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
I came here to add something on the Ulysses probe, and see someone added some stuff already. Unfortunately they did not add any refs, so it was tagged uncited. I added a ref, but this only partially supports the text that was added. Where the rest of the details come from I cannot Google find.
The ref I added is <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-solar-idINTRE5600A220090701> from Reuters. I did also find a forum page <http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?s=dd67c8dfbcb4a59262ae9cab0ad48f3e&showtopic=1468&st=30&p=109827> but forums don't count on wikipedia.
Further I received a weekly New Scientist email 'Launchpad' (3rd Sept 2021) which also mentions Ulysses leaving the solar system (but the reporter didn't add any refs in the article). (Which is why I came here in the first place.)
I also googled found different dates for the 2098 encounter - on 4th, 5th & 7th November.
So - Ulysses seems a likely, but not certain, candidate to leave. Given Ulysses is turned off and no longer has a power source, I guess we'll never know.
Finally, what happened to the final stage booster rocket motor that originally launched Ulsysses to Jupiter ? I presume it also encounted Jupiter and then slungshot somewhere. Most likely into heliocentric orbit, but there a slight possibility depending on the angle of its encounter (or even re-encounter if it also orbited like Ulysses did) that it too is now off into the wide black yonder. The Yeti (talk) 14:21, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
This edit caught my eye. Hmmm...
To minimize manual updates of the table, it seems to me that it might be useful to partially automate this, similarly to Template:Poptoday 1. Something like:
That should require only very occasional tweaks to the velocity in 1000mi/h parameter.
See here for current velocities, which should have remained pretty constant since reaching some distance from the solar system on a base date to be chosen.
I've probably screwed up some detail there, but the idea ought to be clear; just airing an idea in case someone here is motivated to implement it. (this has been tweaked a couple of times) Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 19:52, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
Is there no better alt img for it? Why use complex words like annular to describe simple things? 2601:446:4300:FE90:B908:F57E:FFDB:110D (talk) 01:25, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
Today, I removed Interstellar Probe and Interstellar Express from the "Future" section of the article, as these have yet to be launched. While I was reverted, my deletion was endorsed by User:The Grid. I think we need to make it clear whether or not the list is only for artificial objects that have been launched, and are capable of leaving the Solar System. This is implied in the lead,an but we need to make it clear, if that's what we want to do. Also, we should probably retitle the "Future" heading, but I'm not sure what would ne better. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 18:46, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
@195.5.3.58:: In my opinion it is incorrect to have Farthest human-made objects from Earth as the description of this page. This page is discussing about list of such objects, and description such as List of farthest human-made objects from Earth or similar will be more descriptive. What do you think? Thank you. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 08:22, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
I'm not sure the page title should still be 'List of ...', as its more detailed than a list now. And maybe the title should be something like 'Human artifacts leaving ...', rather then 'artifical objects leaving ...'. The Yeti (talk) 00:55, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
In Planetary exploration probes section there's info that Voyager 2 will overtake Pioneer 10 as the second farthest spacecraft from the Sun this month (May 2023). Hoverer, when I checked distances using theskylive.com, I've seen that Voyager 2 will overtake Pioneer 10 as the second farthest spacecraft from the Sun on July 20, 2023, not in May 2023. In the distance to Earth hoverer, Voyager 2 will overtake Pioneer 10 on September 23, 2023. Here's the info which I got from theskylive.com (first table here is the distance to the Sun and the second table is the distance to Earth).
Distance to the Sun as of July 20, 2023 | Pioneer 10 | Voyager 2 |
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Distance from the Sun (km) | 20034.91 Billion | 20035.11 Billion |
Distance to Earth as of September 23, 2023 (km) | Pioneer 10 | Voyager 2 |
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Distance To Earth (km) | 20077.40 Billion | 20077.72 Billion |
Should we say that Voyager 2 will overtake Pioneer 10 in July 2023, not in May 2023, or not? 188.60.199.127 (talk) 13:13, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
Note than in distance to Earth, V2 overtakes P10 in September 2023, 2 months after V2 will overtake P10 in distance to the Sun. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.60.199.127 (talk) 14:55, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
I recently made a new calculation when V2 will overtake Pioneer 10. See my new topic on Talk:Voyager 2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.60.199.127 (talk) 15:19, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
Date | Voyager 2 | Pioneer 10 | Difference |
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2023-Jul-01 00:00 | 133.768156270484 | 133.800168114790 | -0.032011844306 |
2023-Jul-02 00:00 | 133.776836866625 | 133.807024520857 | -0.030187654232 |
2023-Jul-03 00:00 | 133.785517465019 | 133.813880906892 | -0.028363441873 |
2023-Jul-04 00:00 | 133.794198065659 | 133.820737272909 | -0.026539207250 |
2023-Jul-05 00:00 | 133.802878668531 | 133.827593618927 | -0.024714950396 |
2023-Jul-06 00:00 | 133.811559273619 | 133.834449944966 | -0.022890671347 |
2023-Jul-07 00:00 | 133.820239880900 | 133.841306251050 | -0.021066370150 |
2023-Jul-08 00:00 | 133.828920490351 | 133.848162537203 | -0.019242046852 |
2023-Jul-09 00:00 | 133.837601101944 | 133.855018803446 | -0.017417701502 |
2023-Jul-10 00:00 | 133.846281715651 | 133.861875049801 | -0.015593334150 |
2023-Jul-11 00:00 | 133.854962331444 | 133.868731276285 | -0.013768944841 |
2023-Jul-12 00:00 | 133.863642949295 | 133.875587482914 | -0.011944533619 |
2023-Jul-13 00:00 | 133.872323569176 | 133.882443669700 | -0.010120100524 |
2023-Jul-14 00:00 | 133.881004191060 | 133.889299836652 | -0.008295645592 |
2023-Jul-15 00:00 | 133.889684814924 | 133.896155983773 | -0.006471168849 |
2023-Jul-16 00:00 | 133.898365440743 | 133.903012111065 | -0.004646670322 |
2023-Jul-17 00:00 | 133.907046068498 | 133.909868218526 | -0.002822150028 |
2023-Jul-18 00:00 | 133.915726698169 | 133.916724306149 | -0.000997607980 |
2023-Jul-19 00:00 | 133.924407329740 | 133.923580373925 | 0.000826955815 |
2023-Jul-20 00:00 | 133.933087963196 | 133.930436421840 | 0.002651541356 |
2023-Jul-21 00:00 | 133.941768598526 | 133.937292449880 | 0.004476148646 |
2023-Jul-22 00:00 | 133.950449235719 | 133.944148458024 | 0.006300777695 |
2023-Jul-23 00:00 | 133.959129874768 | 133.951004446251 | 0.008125428517 |
2023-Jul-24 00:00 | 133.967810515667 | 133.957860414538 | 0.009950101129 |
2023-Jul-25 00:00 | 133.976491158411 | 133.964716362857 | 0.011774795554 |
2023-Jul-26 00:00 | 133.985171803001 | 133.971572291179 | 0.013599511822 |
2023-Jul-27 00:00 | 133.993852449434 | 133.978428199473 | 0.015424249961 |
2023-Jul-28 00:00 | 134.002533097715 | 133.985284087707 | 0.017249010008 |
2023-Jul-29 00:00 | 134.011213747845 | 133.992139955845 | 0.019073792000 |
2023-Jul-30 00:00 | 134.019894399832 | 133.998995803851 | 0.020898595981 |
2023-Jul-31 00:00 | 134.028575053681 | 134.005851631685 | 0.022723421996 |
2023-Aug-01 00:00 | 134.037255709401 | 134.012707439308 | 0.024548270093 |
I recently edited the article about List of artificial objects leaving the Solar System and using http://orbitsimulator.com/gravitySimulatorCloud/simulations/1511746688216_hyperbolic.html, I calculated that the New Horizons spacecraft will overtake Pioneer 10 in 2314, not in 2187. Also, I calculated that New Horizons spacecraft will overtake Pioneer 11 in 2143, not 2113. Will be this correct or not? Revert my edit on the article about List of artificial objects leaving the Solar System if this is incorrect calculation or not needed. 88.21.148.148 (talk) 06:27, 31 May 2023 (UTC)