Open AccessA “Gen‐X”er in space: Pioneer 10 lives!
Author(s) -
Gaddis Lisa R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/01eo00115
Subject(s) - signal (programming language) , space (punctuation) , telecommunications , aeronautics , meteorology , demography , geodesy , physics , geography , engineering , computer science , sociology , operating system , programming language
On April 29, 2001, a signal from Pioneer 10 was received in Madrid, Spain. At a distance of 77.7 AU from the Sun (11.75 billion km.), Pioneer 10 is continuing to move away at a speed of 12.24 km/sec (27,380 mph). It takes a truly long‐distance call to make contact—almost 22 hours are required to send and receive a signal from Pioneer 10!