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Voyager 1 set to reach one light-day from Earth
Original: Voyager 1 is 25.81 billion km/16.04 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 34 days, 6 ho
NASA's Voyager 1, now about 25.81 billion kilometres (16.04 billion miles) from Earth, will reach a distance of one light-day — the distance light travels in a full day — in roughly 34 days. Its twin Voyager 2 trails behind at about 21.60 billion kilometres. Space enthusiasts are marking the milestone as the 1977 probe continues its decades-long journey into interstellar space.
Why now: The probe is about to hit the symbolic milestone of being a full light-day away, a first for any human-made object.
Evidence
- Voyager 1 is 25.81 billion km/16.04 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 34 days, 6 hours: https:// eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-syste m/#/sc_voyager_1/distance?to=earth Voyager 2 is 21.60 billion km/13.42 billion miles away from Earth: https://… · voyagers@stefanbohacek.online · 2
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