>Delivered-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Authentication-Warning: cass40.ast.cam.ac.uk: mjp owned process doing -bs >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 09:18:41 +0000 (GMT) >From: Margaret Penston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Sender: mjp@cass40 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Six billion miles and counting.... Pioneer 10 checks in from beyond > Pluto (fwd) > > >I think this latest bit of news from Space Science News may be a good >focus for discussion for any of you teaching the Earth and Beyond just >now. There's some good stuff on the website on this. >regards >Margaret Penston > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 12:38:13 >From: Space Science News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Space Science News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Six billion miles and counting.... Pioneer 10 checks in from beyond > Pluto > >Space Science News for March 2, 2000 > >Last month NASA received a weak signal from Pioneer 10, twice as far from >the Sun as Pluto and speeding toward the constellation Taurus. The hardy >spacecraft, which is so low on power that it can't transmit and maneuver at >the same time, is still returning data from the outer solar system. This is >also a good time of year to see where Pioneer 10 is heading from your own >back yard. FULL STORY at > >http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast02mar_1.htm > ><a href="http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast02mar_1.htm"> >Six billion miles and counting.... ></a> > >============================================================ >You are subscribed to the SpaceScience.com mail server. >This is a free, privately operated service. Follow the >instructions at the bottom of this message if you wish to >unsubscribe. Thanks! --Tony Phillips, Editor >============================================================ > >--- >You are currently subscribed to sciencenews as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
