Solar Orbiter

Measured

Agency

ESA/NASA

Launched

2020-02-10

From the Earth today

0.664 AU (99.3 million km)

How far, from the Earth

99.3 million km. To cross it:

• Light5 minutes 31 seconds
• Voyager 1's speed2.24 months
• Driving at 100 km/h113 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 407 km on the dates it was checked against (median 72 km); between those dates as much as about 1,200 km. Dates after the data was fetched are Horizons' predictions, which it revises as a mission flies.

Where this comes from

• ESA/NASA
• 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.