When Voyager I and Voyager II were exploring the outer planets, NASA flight controllers had to plan the movements of the spacecraft well in advance.

Chaya Galloway

Chaya Galloway

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2021-09-21

When Voyager I and Voyager II were exploring the outer planets, NASA flight controllers had to plan the movements of the spacecraft well in advance. How many seconds elapse between the time a command is sent from Earth and the time the command is received by Voyager at Neptune? Assume the distance from Earth to Neptune is 4.5×1012.

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Talisha

Talisha

Skilled2021-09-22Added 93 answers

Here distance d=4.5×1012m. So the time taken is
t=dc=(4.5×1012m)(3×108ms)=1.5×104s

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