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So the earth is supposed to be travelling around the sun at approximately 67000 mph/107826 kph. the voyager probes on the JPL site say they are moving at 38,000mph/35,000mph respectively, but doesn't say in what frame of reference. Does the earth catch up to the probes every half year?

by /u/mulletpullet in /r/askscience

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