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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>G'day all</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>Now just check this for a laugh, I can't even
grasp it myself, correct me if I'm wrong. In astronomy, distances are measured
in au or astronomical units, 1 au is roughly the distance from the Earth
to the Sun, around 149 million km. Both Voyagr spacecrafts have travveled ca 115
au with a speed of around 3 au per year. It is my understanding that astronomers
still argue on where Instersellar Space starts, 230'000 au should do it. At
around 271'000 au you wuld find the next star. According to JPL both
crafts should have enegry untill ca 2025 to broadcast scientific data. At least
in theory they could reach Alpha Centauri in around 40'000 years or
so.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>No need to feel small and insignificant, but
proud that we have achieved something so phenomenal !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face=Calibri>Pat</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 15, 2010 1:17 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [f_minor] Glenn Gould Bach and the Voyager leaving our
Solar System</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>F Minor Members</DIV>
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<DIV>The music by Bach as played by Glenn Gould (WTC ) is about to leave
(in about 4 years if I heard properly) our Solar System and travel into
that Cold Solitude known as Space!</DIV>
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<DIV><A
title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11988518
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href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11988518">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11988518</A> (audio
file only)</DIV>
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<DIV><A
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href="http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/music.html">http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/music.html</A>
(the list of music)</DIV>
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<LI><FONT size=2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bach, The
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1. Glenn Gould, piano.
4:48 </FONT></LI></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><A
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href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyXwwcgozTw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyXwwcgozTw</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>For all our members, the first link is
recent.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>For our new members: the second link lists the music
sent into space and the third link</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>is Glenn Gould playing Bach's WTC, Book 2, Prelude and
Fugue in C, No. 1.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Regards from Chilly Chicago,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Katherine</FONT></DIV></FONT>
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