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Operating on its extended mission — flew past the asteroid Torifune (2001 CC21) on 2026-07-05; Earth swing-bys in 2027 and 2028, then the 11-metre asteroid 1998 KY26 in 2031 (JAXA).

Measured

Agency
JAXA
Extended mission since
2020-12-06
From the Earth today
0.59 AU (88.3 million km)

How far, from the Earth

88.3 million km. To cross it:

  • Light4 minutes 54 seconds
  • Voyager 1's speed1.99 months
  • Driving at 100 km/h101 years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • JPL Horizons trajectory round the Sun: worst miss 267 km on the dates it was checked against (median 1 km); between those dates as much as about 801 km. Dates after the data was fetched are Horizons' predictions, which it revises as a mission flies. Horizons' own trajectory jumps by up to 5,900 km where one of its trajectory files hands over to the next (2026-08-05, 2026-08-12, 2026-08-26, 2026-09-02, 2026-09-09, 2026-09-16, 2026-10-28); the dot jumps with it.

Where this comes from

  • JAXA
  • Spacecraft trajectories: JPL Horizons, NASA/JPL-Caltech; each mission's agency credited on its card.

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.