The Michelin Guide to the Solar System is able to simulate some real
space mission. Here we are going to show the famous Voyager 2. It was launched on August 20, 1977.
The closest approach to Jupiter occurred on July 9, 1979 (the distance for the gravity assist is
near to 0.014 UA). After the slingshot procedure Voyager 2 passed by Saturn on August 25, 1981.
Let's try this trip...
Since we need to search the proper slingshot conditions, we shall compute a slingshot fan
with 10 points.
Now click on Advanced Interface to see the orbit
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