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From: acu@h.cc.purdue.edu (Floyd McWilliams)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: space news from June 6 AW&ST
Summary: Length of Jupiter-Pluto mission
Keywords: Voyager 3 Jupiter Pluto
Message-ID: <3821@h.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 25 Jul 88 17:50:47 GMT
References: <1988Jul24.215900.6451@utzoo.uucp>
Reply-To: acu@h.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Floyd McWilliams)
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	Re the planned Jupiter-Pluto flight by the Voyager spare:
How long would such a flight take?  Since Pluto is now closer to the
sun than Neptune, would it take much longer than the 12-year trip by
Voyager 2?  I can just imagine a 1989 Neptune-Pluto double encounter...
	Of course, Voyager 3 wouldn't get a boost from Saturn or Uranus,
which could make a difference - I just don't have the math background to
figure it out.

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Floyd McWilliams	acu@h.cc.purdue.edu