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"Interstellar Probe, a mission concept for NASA, aims to travel 93 billion miles past the sun" Comparison to other astronomical distances: * 93 BN miles = 100
by credit_guy 7y ago
"Interstellar Probe, a mission concept for NASA, aims to travel 93 billion miles past the sun"
Comparison to other astronomical distances:
* 93 BN miles = 1000 AU (AU = astronomical unit = distance from Sun to Earth)
* mean distances from Sun to Neptune and Pluto are roughly 30 AU and 40 AU
* current distance from Sun for Voyager 1 and 2: 146 AU and 121 AU (see [1] which is quite cool, these distances are updated real time)
* 1000 AU = 1.6% of a light year
* 1000 AU = 0.36% of the distance to the closest star Alpha Centauri
[1]https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/ https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/