Talk:Voyager 1

Titan flyby distance: body says 'within 4,000 mi' but infobox/timeline give 6,490 km (~4,033 mi)

The "Flyby of Saturn" section says the Titan flyby "approached to within Template:Convert" — which renders as "6,400 km (4,000 mi)". But the infobox interplanetary block gives the Titan-flyby distance as Template:Cvt, and the article's own Mission profile timeline lists "Titan flyby at 6,490 km".

6,490 km converts to approximately 4,033 mi, not "within 4,000 mi". A spacecraft whose closest approach is 6,490 km did not come within 4,000 mi (≈ 6,437 km) of the target — it stayed about 50 km outside that radius. The body's "within 4,000 mi" claim is therefore inconsistent with both the infobox and the timeline table in the same article, and overstates how close the flyby actually was.

Suggested fix: change the body sentence to use the infobox/timeline figure, e.g. "approached to within Template:Convert" (renders as "6,490 km (4,033 mi)"). If a rounded figure is preferred, "within roughly 4,030 mi" is accurate; "within 4,000 mi" is not. Rome (talk) 00:32, 29 April 2026 (UTC)