Indeed

Although it has actually travelled about 3 billion miles quite quickly (like Darren Eadie) it hasn't travelled on a straight path (rather like Keith O'Neill) so it hasn't got as far as you'd think and is only about 3,000,000,000 miles from Earth

Posted By: mr carra on July 21st 2015 at 15:15:49

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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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