Map of the Universe
Pioneer 11
Spacecraft · First spacecraft to visit Saturn (1973–1995)
About Pioneer 11
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Pioneer 11 was 116 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 16.1 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 1995; its position is extrapolated.
Key numbers
| Distance from the Sun | 116 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 11 is a NASA space probe launched in 1973 that completed the first mission to the planet Saturn. It was the first spacecraft to encounter Saturn, the second to fly through the asteroid belt, and the second to fly past Jupiter.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Pioneer 11, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.