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Kepler (retired)

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Out of fuel: NASA announced its retirement on 2018-10-30 and sent its last commands on 2018-11-15, after finding thousands of planets round other stars; it trails the Earth round the Sun (NASA).

Measured

Agency
NASA
Retired
2018-11-15
From the Earth today
1.79 AU (268 million km)
Height
4.7 m

How far, from the Earth

1.79 AU. To cross it:

  • Light15 minutes
  • Voyager 1's speed6.04 months
  • Driving at 100 km/h305 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 58 km on the dates it was checked against (median 44 km); between those dates as much as about 174 km. Dates after the data was fetched are Horizons' predictions, which it revises as a mission flies.

Where this comes from

  • NASA/Ames
  • Spacecraft trajectories: JPL Horizons, NASA/JPL-Caltech; each mission's agency credited on its card.
  • 3D model: Kepler model: NASA 3D Resources

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.