[net.astro.expert] StarDate: June 24 Seven Months to Uranus

mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon) (06/30/85)

> Around then, late this year, Uranus will be lost from our view.  It'll
> be in the glare of the sun until shortly before its history-making
> encounter with Voyager 2 -- exactly seven months from today.  Then,
> just weeks before the encounter, Uranus will reappear in our sky -- to
> be visible to observers with binoculars before the sun comes up at
> dawn.
> 
> Script by Deborah Byrd.
> (c) Copyright 1984, 1985 McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin

Given the position of Uranus WRT the Earth & Sun, won't this make radio
reception of any transmitted signals rather difficult?  Or is my knowledge of
radio & propagation significantly worse than I think it is?
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	Marty Shannon
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