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Voyager 1 approaching one light-day from Earth
Original: Voyager 1 is 25.87 billion km/16.07 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 13 days, 5 ho
NASA's Voyager 1, humanity's most distant spacecraft, is now 25.87 billion km (16.07 billion miles) from Earth and is on track to reach a distance of one light-day — the time light takes to travel that gap — in roughly 13 days. Its twin, Voyager 2, sits farther behind at 21.67 billion km. Space enthusiasts are marking the milestone as a striking reminder of how far the 1977 probes have traveled.
Why now: The spacecraft is about to hit a symbolic, easily visualised milestone of one light-day from Earth.
Evidence
- Voyager 1 is 25.87 billion km/16.07 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 13 days, 5 hours: https:// eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-syste m/#/sc_voyager_1/distance?to=earth Voyager 2 is 21.67 billion km/13.46 billion miles away from Earth: https://… · voyagers@stefanbohacek.online · 3
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