Anything on earth went pass pluto?

Published on December 15, 2003 By Z06Leonhart In WinCustomize Talk

On my way home from school I have an arguement with my cousin, he said that something(?) that was sent outer space and after a long period it finally passed pluto. But i dont believe him the distant from earth to pluto is like 40 times greater than from earth to sun and Ive never heard of something like this so can someone tell me if this is true or not.

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SuChiUomizu

on Dec 15, 2003

There were satillites sent out in the 60's or 70's I think it was with the intention of passing Pluto after taking pictures of the solar system, but that it would take a very long time. I don't know if they actually have made it that far yet though.

kongit

on Dec 15, 2003

I think it was a voyager or magellen satalite. But yes one did

Stumpy

on Dec 15, 2003

Voyager was the probe that left the Solar System

Z06Leonhart

on Dec 15, 2003

darn it i lost 5 dollars

EventHorizon

on Dec 15, 2003

paxx

on Dec 15, 2003

No, you won your bet. Pluto is yet the only planet of the solar system that's never been unexplored.
There have been several plans since the 70's to send space probes to explore the distant planet, but it never happened.

There is once again a plan to sent a space probe to Pluto. It is planed to launch in 2006 and arrive at destination in 2015. For details, see ths link: http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/04/11/pluto030411

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Fuzzy Logic

on Dec 15, 2003

"Anything on Earth went past Pluto?"

No. It wasn't on Earth when it went past Pluto...

EventHorizon

on Dec 15, 2003

Paxx, he said 'past' pluto, not 'explored' pluto...

paxx

on Dec 15, 2003

Oh, wait. Now I'm confused.
It seems that Pluto has been "visited by a robotic spacecraft". But yet, I've read another article (dated june 2001) that was saying "The (Pluto) mission represents a possible opportunity to visit the only planet not yet explored by spacecraft"

So, go figure.

Peff

on Dec 15, 2003

Actually you lost your bet....Pioneer 10 past pluto in 1983 and is well on its way to the star Aldebara. Should get there in about 2 million years at its current rate. Aldebara is 68 light years away.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993439

paxx

on Dec 15, 2003

OK, unless, it's like you said EH: a robotic spacecraft maybe passed close to it (hense the word "visited"?), but no craft has actually stopped to exlpore it?
Just speculations here. Dunno. Still confused.

Peff

on Dec 15, 2003

past = passed

paxx

on Dec 15, 2003

OK then. It's settled. Something went past it (Pioneer 10) but never stopped to exlpore it.

EventHorizon

on Dec 15, 2003

Right, what Peff said...

Nothing has yet stopped to explore it, but an number of things have passed it.

Buck3000

on Dec 15, 2003

"Hey, could you pass the Pluto, please?"

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