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Hubble captures sharpest image yet of interstellar visitor passing through our Solar System
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| 08 07 2025
| Iain Todd
Posted on 08/07/2025 5:51:25 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: ElkGroveDan
Sorry - I goofed on my calculation.
My calculator cannot handle all the zeroes.
It is more like 13 million years.
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08/08/2025 11:48:45 AM PDT
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zeestephen
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To: zeestephen
The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light years away - about 15 trillion miles. Check your math. 2.5 million LIGHT YEARS is 1.4696563 x 1019 miles. That's 14,696,563,000,000,000,000 miles or just shy of a million times farther than the 15 trillion miles you suggested.
It would take a craft travelling 130,000 MPH just under 13 MILLION years to go that distance (12,905,306 years).
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08/08/2025 11:52:58 AM PDT
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ElkGroveDan
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To: yesthatjallen
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08/08/2025 9:25:55 PM PDT
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BradyLS
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