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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 41 days, 18 h
NASA's Voyager 1, now about 25.78 billion km (16.02 billion miles) from Earth, is on track to reach a distance of one light-day — the distance light travels in a day — in roughly 41 days and 18 hours. Its twin Voyager 2 sits closer, at about 21.57 billion km (13.41 billion miles). Space enthusiasts are marking the milestone, noting the spacecraft launched in 1977 remains the farthest human-made object from Earth.
Why now: The spacecraft is approaching the symbolic milestone of being a full light-day away, a first for any human-made object.
Evidence
- Voyager 1 is 25.78 billion km/16.02 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 41 days, 18 hours: https:// eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-syste m/#/sc_voyager_1/distance?to=earth Voyager 2 is 21.57 billion km/13.41 billion miles away from Earth: https://… · voyagers@stefanbohacek.online · 2
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