Map of the Universe
Pioneer 10
Spacecraft · First spacecraft to visit Jupiter and the outer Solar System (1972–2003)
About Pioneer 10
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Pioneer 10 was 140 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 19.4 hours to reach it.
The map lists it as a spacecraft and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Contact was lost in 2003; its position is extrapolated.
Key numbers
| Distance from the Sun | 140 AU |
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Where it is
Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Solar System › Orion–Cygnus Arm (Local Arm) › Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.
Zoom out to see it in context: Heliopause and Voyagers, a view about 400 AU across.
From Wikipedia
Pioneer 10 is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter. It was the first spacecraft to traverse the asteroid belt and the first of five artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the Solar System.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Pioneer 10, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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