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ROU1 asked in Science & MathematicsAstronomy & Space · 6 years ago

Will the Suns gravity ever pull Voyager spacecraft back or will it head straight out into the universe forever?

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  • campbelp2002
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Voyager is moving faster than escape velocity from the Sun, meaning it will continue moving away forever.

  • ZoomerBoy
    6 years ago

    Voyager is moving too fast for the sun's gravitational pull, therefore it will continue moving away.

  • Lodar of the Hill People
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Both are beyond the escape velocity of the solar system, as is the New Horizons probe. They will assume orbital paths independent of the sun around the galaxy's center.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    They used the gravity of the planets to slingshot Voyager out of the Solar System and into interstellar space.

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  • The Anti-Theist
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    It will continue moving away from us, until it hits something. That could be a VERY long time, space is a BIG place.

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