Talk:Voyager 2

When will Voyager 2 overtake Pioneer 10 as the second farthest spacecraft from the Sun?

According to heavens-above.com, the distance between the Sun and Pioneer 10 is still farther than Voyager 2. I checked distances between the Sun and Pioneer 10 using theskylive.com. I checked distances between the Sun and Voyager 2 also using theskylive.com. Thanks to theskylive.com, I've seen that Voyager 2 will overtake Pioneer 10 as the second farthest spacecraft from the Sun on July 19, 2023. I have already added that on the article about Voyager 2. Please say if my calculation was correct when replying to my comment. 46.8.174.181 (talk) 21:21, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Yes, the calculation was correct, but in your edit summary, the website is called heavens-above.com, not heavens-abive.com. 46.8.172.178 (talk) 09:21, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

The overtake distance date is actually July 18, 2023, not July 19, because on 2023-Jul-18 00:00 Voyager 2 will be -0.000997607980 AU behind Pioneer 10. On 2023-Jul-19 00:00, or 24 hours later Voyager 2 will be 0.000826955815 AU farther from the Sun than Pioneer 10. This makes the crossing date to 2023-Jul-18. Here I measured distances between the Sun and Voyager 2, and here I measured distances between the Sun and Pioneer 10, and that is a very easy way — using NASA SSD Simulator. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 12:34, 11 July 2023 (UTC)