Where's New Horizons? April 2011 (1) - Current Position (beyond Uranus' Orbit)

This image shows New Horizons' "Current Position". The green segment of the line shows where New Horizons has traveled since launch; the red indicates the Spacecraft's path toward Jupiter, Pluto and beyond. Positions of stars with magnitude 12 or brighter are shown from this perspective, which is above the Sun and "north" of Earth's orbit.

Notes: what Is an AU? The graphics on these pages note New Horizons' distance from Earth, Jupiter and Pluto in AU, or Astronomical Units. One AU is the average distance between the Sun and Earth, such as about 93 Million Miles (MMs) or 149,6 Million Kilometers (MKM).

Heliocentric Velocity. The Current Position graphic also notes the Spacecraft's "Heliocentric Velocity" - such as its speed with respect to the Sun - in Kilometers per second (Km/sec). One Km/sec is equivalent to 0,62 miles per second (Mi/sec), or 2237 miles per hour (mph).

New Horizons crossed the orbit of Uranus at approximately 18:00 EDT on March 18, 2011, with the Spacecraft more than 1,8 Billion Miles (nearly 2,9 Billion Kilometers) from Earth. Uranus was 2,4 BMs (3,8 BKM) from New Horizons at the time and the Spacecraft was cruising in "Electronic Sleep Mode".