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Voyager 2 Proves Solar System is Squashed
As of August 30, 2007, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft has followed its twin Voyager 1 into the solar system's final frontier, a vast region at the edge of our solar system where the solar wind runs up against the thin gas between the stars.

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 headed on different paths out of the Solar System toward interstellar space. Traveling at different speeds and in different directions, Voyager 1 encountered the termination shock at 94 astronomical units (AU) and Voyager 2 encountered it at only 84 AU. The result, as seen in this combination of an artist's concept and a researcher's model, is a somewhat 'squashed' picture of the solar system.    Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 headed on different paths out of the Solar System toward interstellar space. Traveling at different speeds and in different directions, Voyager 1 encountered the termination shock at 94 astronomical units (AU) and Voyager 2 encountered it at only 84 AU. The result, as seen in this combination of an artist's concept and a researcher's model, is a somewhat 'squashed' picture of the solar system.

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Animation Number:10181
Completed:2008-01-16
Animator:Walt Feimer (HTSI) (Lead)
Scientist:Edward C. Stone (California Institute of Technology)
Goddard TV Tape:G2007-079 -- Voyager 2 Enters the Final Frontier of the Solar System
Keywords:
SVS >> Heliosphere
SVS >> Solar System
SVS >> Heliopause
SVS >> Voyager
 
 
Please give credit for this item to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab, Model Data from Opher, et al. 2006


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