“Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally.”

    • frezik@midwest.social
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      6 months ago

      It is, but not around us. It doesn’t matter, because that orbit still comes back around.

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        6 months ago

        I would believe that if the universe was not constantly expanding, that would be mathematically true. I’m not mathematician, but I think with a constantly expanding universe, that’s not a mathematical certainty.

      • UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee
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        6 months ago

        It won’t necessarily come back. Till the orbits of Voyager and the Solar system intersect, we would’ve merged with Andromeda, which would completely change all orbits in unpredictable ways. So no, you cannot say with confidence that Voyager will return back to the Solar system before the Sun dies purely using orbital mechanics.