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Voyager 1 to reach one light-day from Earth in 42 days
Original: Voyager 1 is 25.78 billion km/16.02 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 42 days, 18 h
NASA's Voyager 1, now 25.78 billion kilometers (16.02 billion miles) from Earth, is on track to become the first human-made object to sit a full light-day away — meaning a radio signal would take 24 hours each way — in about 42 days and 18 hours. Voyager 2 trails at 21.57 billion kilometers. Space watchers are marking the milestone as a striking measure of how far the 1977 probes have traveled.
Why now: The probe is approaching the unprecedented one-light-day distance milestone, a symbolic landmark in space exploration.
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- Voyager 1 is 25.78 billion km/16.02 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 42 days, 18 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 · 7
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