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11/19/2017 Q:Is sun is in the middle of voyager(1&2)? I've recorded this data yesterday. According to Nasa.gov(VoyagerMissionStatus) Distance of Voyager From Earth In Miles 1575359 miles (in 24hrs) Distance of Probe From Sun In Miles 908566 miles (in 24hrs)

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  • Those are almost certainly distances traveled in those 24 hours, not total distance. – Nathan Tuggy Nov 20 '17 at 02:39
  • Calculated Data... – Astroboy Nov 20 '17 at 02:40
  • Why "the Distance of SUN" is lesser then "the Distance of Earth"? – Astroboy Nov 20 '17 at 02:43
  • @Astroboy Could you clarify; are you asking Is the Sun is between Voyager 1 and Voyager 2? – uhoh Nov 20 '17 at 03:18
  • @uhoh Is the Sun is between Earth and The Voyager? – Astroboy Nov 20 '17 at 03:44
  • @Astroboy: Because the earth moves at a pretty fair clip (66600 mph) in its own orbit around the sun, and sometimes it moves in the opposite direction from Voyager, so the distance will increase faster than it otherwise would. Right now it's only partly moving away (and partly just moving sideways relative to Voyager), so the difference is considerably less, a bit under 30000 mph. – Nathan Tuggy Nov 20 '17 at 07:24
  • @Astroboy There are two different Voyager spacecraft, called Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 and they have gone in different directions. See for example this question. – uhoh Nov 20 '17 at 07:29
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    Voyager mission status: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/ – Hobbes Nov 20 '17 at 15:20

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Position of the two Voyager probes:

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(from this question)

So they're both in the same general direction seen from Earth, not on opposite sides of the solar system. What you can't see in this image is that both Voyagers are moving out of the plane of the ecliptic (this question has a nice animation that shows that), with Voyager 1 going 'up' and Voyager 2 going 'down'.

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