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minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoTechnically even the Voyager probes are orbiting something. It isn’t a planet, and not even the sun anymore. It is orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. But yeah, probe is the more accurate term.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoI had a feeling somebody was going to point that out…
Technically even the Voyager probes are orbiting something. It isn’t a planet, and not even the sun anymore. It is orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
But yeah, probe is the more accurate term.
I had a feeling somebody was going to point that out…