No, it isn't nine light years away. It's just over 4 light hours away.

It's taken nine years to travel four light hours. So the data travels back to us at the speed of light, and takes just over four hours.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on July 21st 2015 at 15:03:24

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FAO AB and other science rothers (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 21, 14:26:52
- Can someone explain these Pluto pics to me (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jul 21, 14:46:12
  - 1 Mice in tiny dynamo wheels and 2. Pigeons. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jul 21, 15:46:00
    - SLAVE LABOUR! (General Chat) - LittleMouseWithClogs, Jul 21, 16:40:56
  - 1, yes, nuke. Plutonium (ha ha. No, but actually plutonium). Enough for another decade I t (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 21, 14:54:40
    - So, and forgive my stupdidy here, but this craft is 9 years in the future (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jul 21, 14:58:49
      - Holy fucksticks..... (General Chat) - usacanary, Jul 21, 15:29:52
      - No, it isn't nine light years away. It's just over 4 light hours away. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 21, 15:03:24
        
        Indeed (General Chat) - mr carra, Jul 21, 15:15:49
        
        (It's 31 AU away (Astronomical Unit) which is the distance between earth and the sun) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 21, 15:07:18
        
        (That is, 1 AU is the distance btwn the earth and the sun) (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 21, 15:07:56
        
        You're an Astronomical Unit (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jul 21, 15:15:08
        
        Your Mum's an Astronomical Unit. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 21, 15:16:16
        
        Gary Holt could run it in 25.7 years, given optimal* conditions. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 21, 15:04:49
    - (... I think I heard ...) (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 21, 14:55:11
- Nice. They reckon it wasn't a celestial body at all, but a returning bit of a Saturn V roc (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 21, 14:37:10
  - Oh, and it'll be back again in 28 years. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 21, 14:42:05
- Three body problem (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 21, 14:31:49
- Wow! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 21, 14:30:58

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