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Question #149577. Asked by
BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Aug 02 2023.
Originally posted Aug 02 2023 8:37 PM.
Even though Voyager 1 travels about a million miles per day, the spacecraft will take about 300 years to reach the inner boundary of the Oort Cloud and probably another 30,000 years to exit the far side.
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/overview/a vast cloud of icy planetesimals surrounding the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years).
https://wiki2.org/en/Oort_cloud+Newton
