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1. messe+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-07-31 18:37:53
> 800 thousand times around the entire equator of earth

This probably wasn't your intention, but putting it in terms like this, for me anyway, actually drives home just how short a distance the Voyager probes have travelled.

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2. chesch+y1[view] [source] 2023-07-31 18:43:37
>>messe+(OP)
I just wanted to make the distance something that could be understood and processed. Sounds like it worked!
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3. messe+B2[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-31 18:48:37
>>chesch+y1
You definitely did a good job. I'm an avid sci-fi reader, write it as a hobby, spend a not-insignificant amount of my free time reading up on space news, and even have a degree in mathematical physics; this is the first time in a long time that an analogical choice of units has had an impact on my perception like that. Well done!
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