Human beings discover the mysteries of the universe through the detector, and under the guidance of the detector, human beings see the true appearance of the brilliant starry sky. People gradually learned that there are many comets or asteroids in the solar system, and among the many planets, there are seven more prominent stars, all of which are brothers and sisters of the earth, but the time of birth is different.
solar system
In order to explore these planets, humans have successively sent probes. Among these probes is a lone traveler who, in the process of exploring, is affected by unknown factors that force it to leave its current job and go to other places. It is the lone traveler in the universe, Voyager 1. It hovers in the depths of the universe, hoping that one day it will be able to fly out of the entire solar system and enter a whole new space.
No.1 traveler
And in these decades, has Voyager 1 encountered anything interesting? Has it really flown out of the solar system? With doubts, follow the editor to find the truth in the text.
Traveler No.1
Voyager 1 has been flying in space for more than 40 years and is the most distant artificial vehicle from Earth among all probes, and when it visited Jupiter, Saturn and other moons, it sent back a lot of scientific research data and some beautiful and spectacular pictures of the planet. Let human beings feel the magnificence of the universe and the mystery of other planets.
Globe photographed by Voyager One
On September 5, 1977, Voyager 1 was successfully launched, entered the world of space, and began to travel to designated work sites for exploration. Voyager 1's initial work exploration was not Jupiter and Saturn, not also called Voyager, but Mariner 11, which was part of the previous American Mariner program. However, because the budget of the Sailor Program project at that time was cut, scientists subdivided the plan to explore the planet, and the Traveler Program appeared.
Jupiter photographed by Voyager One
Voyager 1 completed its mission in 1980, during which time it took a large number of pictures of the changes in Jupiter and Saturn and other moons. During its exploration, it was interfered with by earth satellites and had to terminate its plans to explore other planets. After being disturbed, Voyager 1 left the original orbit and flew to the edge of the solar system to probe at the edge of the solar system.
What happened during the flight?
Before the launch of Voyager 1, scientists discovered a once-in-a-century geometric arrangement of planets, with planets arranged in a straight line, known as the "beads" phenomenon. Scientists feel that this is a rare launch opportunity, so they chose to launch Voyager 1 at this time, Voyager 1 also lived up to expectations, with the help of the gravitational pull of these planets to speed up their own sailing speed, it would take 30 years to complete the visit to Jupiter, Saturn and other planets, under the impetus of gravity, it only took 12 years.
Bead phenomenon
Voyager 1 first came around Jupiter and photographed it. We all know that Jupiter spins very fast, but no matter how fast it is, it can't escape Voyager 1's camera technology. In order to be able to take clearer and more spectacular pictures, Voyager 1 flew only about 350,000 kilometers away from Jupiter, collected information and photographed Jupiter's moons, rings, magnetic fields and radiation, and transmitted these data back to Earth at the first time.
Jupiter Storm
Scientists have discovered a peculiar landscape in these sources, volcanic activity in Io. This phenomenon has not occurred before, and no signs of volcanic activity have been found in the vicinity of the probe before. As Voyager 1 flew around Jupiter, it also spotted a red spot that was so large that it resembled a vortex that scientists began to take a keen interest in. Scientists believe that this great red spot has existed for hundreds of years, and with the passage of time, the great red spot has also undergone tremendous changes, from the previous brilliant and colorful to dull, and the color is dissipating a little bit.
Io
In order to better record the traces of Jupiter's changes, Voyager 1 will take a photo of Jupiter every 10 hours, and then cut the taken photos into a set of time-lapse movies. After completing its jupiter exploration, Voyager 1 came to Saturn, and while observing Saturn, found that the terrain of Saturn's rings was very complex, and then found a large amount of hydrogen in Titan's atmosphere. At this time, Voyager 1 was pulled by Titan's gravity, allowing Voyager 1 to break away from its original orbit and be gravitationally carried to the depths of the solar system, and the plan to explore the planet had to be terminated.
Lakes on Titan
Because Voyager 1 was sent by Titan to the depths of the universe, the deepest part of the solar system, deviating from the previously set route, scientists temporarily decided to let Voyager 1 probe the top of the heliosphere.
Did Voyager 1 fly out of the solar system?
According to scientists' calculations, Voyager 1 is now more than 20 billion kilometers away from Earth, but it still maintains contact with Earth and still faces huge challenges in the exploration process. First of all, it has to face the problem of computer memory consumption, now it can not show its location by taking space photos, followed by the problem of the battery consumption of Voyager 1, in order to be able to continue to maintain two-way communication, scientists have let it shut down part of the system, saving power consumption.
The location of the Voyager
Some scientists believe that Voyager 1 has flown out of the solar system, and they judge that Voyager 1 has flown out of the solar system from data such as the decline in the number of charged particles in the sun, the increase in low-energy cosmic rays emitted by dead stars outside the solar system, and the sudden change in the direction of the magnetic field in which it is located. But the data doesn't fully prove that Voyager 1 has flown out of the solar system, it's all speculation by scientists. Because no one knows exactly how big the solar system really is, and where the range of the solar system's marginal Oort cloud is.
Ault Cloud
Voyager 1 has been flying in the solar system for more than 40 years without flying out of the solar system, so it is even more difficult for humans to reach new galaxies, and no one knows where Voyager 1 is currently in the deep universe.
summary
No matter where Voyager 1 is, the value it brings to humanity in flight is the most important. Through the flight of Voyager 1, we know that the universe is vast and huge, and there will be all kinds of strange scenes in the universe, which are places that human beings need to explore, and human beings will continue to explore the secrets of the universe.