Submitted by stealth941 t3_10f735i in askscience
-YellsAtClouds- t1_j511sis wrote
Reply to comment by Weed_O_Whirler in Whats stopping us from sending a probe into a black hole if we haven't already? by stealth941
Huh. So do you know if it will eventually slow all the way down, stop, and start returning towards the sun? Or will some other gravity source capture it before then?
Weed_O_Whirler t1_j512ikh wrote
The voyager spacecraft are well above the Solar escape velocity so they will be traveling on out of here.
-YellsAtClouds- t1_j5161mc wrote
Nice. Thanks.
starmartyr t1_j5cj65o wrote
As it moves further away the rate of deceleration decreases. It will never stop even given infinite time.
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