I thought it was 8 light-minutes away, give or take, and changing a little as we go merrily on our way.
Andrew -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Holt Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 4:52 PM To: BYU Unix Users Group Subject: Re: [uug] Google is still cool . . . On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Ross Werner wrote: > > > You don't think they were moving the Mars Rover in real time do you? Looks like Mars round trip times (RTTs) are 6-40 minutes. Thus the rovers tend to move in inches per minute. The sun's about 3 light minutes away. Seems like even LEO satellites give 1/4 second RTTs. It's kinda cool, if you ever get to play with a ham satellite station, to hear your own voice coming back doppler shifted and 1/4 second delayed just from propagation delay. -J ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
