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How long does it take light to travel 8.6 light years?
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How long does it take light to travel 8.6 light years?

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The most distant space probe, Voyager 1, was 13 light hours away from Earth in September 2004. It took Voyager 27 years to cover that distance

8.6 Light Year = 75387.6 Light Hour

So at voyager's speed it would take 156575 years.
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8.6 years. light years are measured by the speed of light

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