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How are the Voyager spacecraft able to travel quickly to distant planets?

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Asked by Cat on 07 Oct 03:22

Last updated by Cat on 07 Oct 03:27

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Answered by Cat on 07 Oct 03:27

The Voyager spacecraft are able to travel quickly to distant planets by passing into the gravitational well of a planet, accelerating, and slipping out of the well before they fall into orbit. This increases the speed of the probe each time it passes a planet.