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Voyager 1 Nears One Light-Day From Earth
Original: Voyager 1 is 25.84 billion km/16.06 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 24 days, 6 ho
NASA's Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is now 25.84 billion kilometres (16.06 billion miles) from Earth and is expected to reach a distance of one light-day — the distance light travels in a full day — in about 24 days. Its twin, Voyager 2, stands at 21.63 billion kilometres (13.44 billion miles). Space enthusiasts are marking the milestone as a striking measure of humanity's farthest-flung spacecraft.
Why now: The spacecraft is about to cross the symbolic milestone of being one full light-day away from Earth for the first time.
Evidence
- Voyager 1 is 25.84 billion km/16.06 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 24 days, 6 hours: https:// eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-syste m/#/sc_voyager_1/distance?to=earth Voyager 2 is 21.63 billion km/13.44 billion miles away from Earth: https://… · voyagers@stefanbohacek.online · 6
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