Part 3: Voyager 1 and 2 How far away from the sun, in meters, were the Voyager 1

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Part 3: Voyager 1 and 2 How far away from the sun, in meters, were the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft as of January 2, 20097 Research this information using the Internet or any other sources you can find. Then plot the positions of these two spacecraft on the graph you created in Part 2. How far away are they compared to the nearest star? Specifically, at what percent of the distance to th the Voyager spacecraft? Write your answer in scientific notation and show all your calculations. e nearest star are

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At 0h UT (Greenwich time) on 2nd January 2009, Voyager 1 was 108.547628513 AU from the Sun. This is 16,238,494,019,000 m

Voyager 2 was 87.887988067 AU from the Sun. This is 13,147,855,813,000 m

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