Voyager 1 is on the edge of inter-stellar space, Voyager 2 is a little closer.
"As of August 2010, Voyager 1 was at a distance of 17.1 Billion Kilometers (114.3 AU) from the sun and Voyager 2 at a distance of 13.9 Billion kilometers (92.9 AU).
Voyager 1 is escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.6 AU per year, 35 degrees out of the ecliptic plane to the north, in the general direction of the Solar Apex (the direction of the Sun's motion relative to nearby stars). Voyager 2 is also escaping the solar system at a speed of about 3.3 AU per year, 48 degrees out of the ecliptic plane to the south."
In general the farthest point in a satellite's orbit from its focus is its apoapsis. If the focus is the Sun or Earth however then you would say the satellite's farthest point is its aphelion and apogee, respectively.
Both of those words refer to points in the orbit of an earth satellite ... the moon or any artificial satellite. Apogee . . . the point in the orbit where the satellite is farthest from the earth. Perigee . . . the point in the orbit where the satellite is closest to the earth.
If a satellite is in an elliptical orbit around the Earth, the Earth will be at one of the focii. The speed of the satellite will then constantly be changing. It will move the fastest when it is nearest to the Earth (perigee) and slowest when it is furthest away (apogee).
Voyager 1 is the farthest satellite from the earth and is currently traveling in a previously unstudied region of space. It is a 1,590 pound space probe that was launched by NASA on September 5, 1977.
The point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite that is most distant from the center of the earth is called the 'apogee'.
The farthest point a satellite in orbit around the Earth can be from the Earth is called apogee. This is the point in the orbit where the satellite is the farthest from Earth.
In general the farthest point in a satellite's orbit from its focus is its apoapsis. If the focus is the Sun or Earth however then you would say the satellite's farthest point is its aphelion and apogee, respectively.
Both of those words refer to points in the orbit of an earth satellite ... the moon or any artificial satellite. Apogee . . . the point in the orbit where the satellite is farthest from the earth. Perigee . . . the point in the orbit where the satellite is closest to the earth.
Apogee is the farthest distance between the moon (or a satellite) in its orbit around earth.
If a satellite is in an elliptical orbit around the Earth, the Earth will be at one of the focii. The speed of the satellite will then constantly be changing. It will move the fastest when it is nearest to the Earth (perigee) and slowest when it is furthest away (apogee).
Voyager 1 is the farthest satellite from the earth and is currently traveling in a previously unstudied region of space. It is a 1,590 pound space probe that was launched by NASA on September 5, 1977.
The point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite that is most distant from the center of the earth is called the 'apogee'.
The earth is a planet. An earth satellite is an artificial satellite that orbits the earth A geostationary satellite is an earth satellite that orbits at a height (approximately 22,000 miles) precisely determined to ensure that the satellite remains over the same spot on the earth's surface at all times, thus appearing from the earth to be stationary in the sky.
The generic name (for such a point in the orbit) is apapsis. Specifically for an orbit around Earth, the name "apogee" is also used.
Apogee is a place, not en event. Apogee is the point in the orbit of an Earth satellite at which the satellite is farthest from the Earth. (Since all closed gravitational orbits are ellipses rather than circles, the distance between the orbiting bodies changes.)
About to exit our solar system
The farthest artificial satellite from its parent planet is Voyager 1, which has gone beyond the influence of the Sun and is now in interstellar space.