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Old 07-03-2013, 06:36 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by Dayze View Post
I'm probably off here; but I think I remember seeing something like
the nearest star is like 8 light years a way? speed of light is something like 600k MPH.
if you traveled 7miles per second, it would take you 200,000 years to reach it.

can't remember if that 8K light years was the sun, or the next nearest star.
The Sun is 8 light minutes away. I believe that the nearest star is about 4 light years away.
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