Traveling at Their Current Speeds, How Long Will It Take

question 53

Multiple Choice

Traveling at their current speeds, how long will it take the Pioneer and Voyager probes to reach the nearest stars?

• A) at least 100,000 years
• B) several billion years
• C) around 4.4 years
• D) about a 1,000 years

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