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Voyager 1 nearing one light-day from Earth
Original: Voyager 1 is 25.76 billion km/16.01 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 47 days, 18 h
NASA's Voyager 1 is now 25.76 billion kilometres, or about 16 billion miles, from Earth, with the probe expected to reach a distance of one light-day in roughly 47 days and 18 hours. Voyager 2 trails at 21.56 billion kilometres. Space watchers are marking the milestone, noting that a signal from Voyager 1 will soon take a full day to reach our planet.
Why now: The spacecraft is approaching the symbolic milestone of being a full light-day away from Earth.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 3 snapshots from 5 h ago to 3 h ago.
Evidence
- Voyager 1 is 25.76 billion km/16.01 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 47 days, 18 hours: https:// eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-syste m/#/sc_voyager_1/distance?to=earth Voyager 2 is 21.56 billion km/13.39 billion miles away from Earth: https://… · voyagers@stefanbohacek.online · 3
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