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Voyager 1 nearing one light-day from Earth
Original: Voyager 1 is 25.78 billion km/16.02 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 44 days, 6 ho
Voyager 1, NASA's most distant spacecraft, is now 25.78 billion kilometres (16.02 billion miles) from Earth and is on course to reach a distance of one light-day within roughly 44 days. Its twin, Voyager 2, sits closer at 21.57 billion kilometres. Reaching one light-day would be a symbolic milestone for the nearly 50-year-old mission, meaning even light takes a full day to travel between the probe and Earth.
Why now: The spacecraft is approaching the symbolic milestone of being a full light-day away from Earth.
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Evidence
- Voyager 1 is 25.78 billion km/16.02 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 44 days, 6 hours: https:// eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-syste m/#/sc_voyager_1/distance?to=earth Voyager 2 is 21.57 billion km/13.40 billion miles away from Earth: https://… · voyagers@stefanbohacek.online · 3
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