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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 9 May 2013

    .@ugotsnookied There are light-years. How about light-months? // They're just not useful. No known objects light-months away.

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      2. CM Hauntington  👻‏ @octothorpe 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ugotsnookied light-fortnights would be pretty cool though.

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      1. Michael Sherretz‏ @msherretz 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson how far away is Voyager from Earth, now, in light-days?

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      1. Cajytarn‏ @Cajytarn 9 May 2013
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        .@neiltyson @ugotsnookied How far away are the Voyager spacecraft?....light days?

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      1. Dan #FBPE‏ @LinesmanDan 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ugotsnookied sun has travelled ~4.3 light months since Copernicus published heliocentric theory.

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      1. Scott Manley‏ @DJSnM 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ugotsnookied Proxima Centauri is about 2.8 light months away from Alpha Centauri.

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      1. Simon‏ @PerturbSecular 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson Proxima centuri is light months from Alpha centuries @ugotsnookied

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      1. Matt Wilmshurst‏ @LazyMandoPlayer 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ugotsnookied On the other hand the Voyager 1 space probe is now a little over 17 light hours from the sun http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/ 

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      1. Leif Sawyer‏ @ak_hepcat 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson The fact that Voyager isn't even a light-day away from us is both cool and scary-awesome.

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      1. Joe Goetz‏ @JGoetz2point0 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson Maybe not now. But soon, the ultimate death-meteor will only be light-months away. AND THEN WHAT??

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      1. ℒÅℕℂℇ  💾‏ @lancewmccarthy 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ugotsnookied Light Minutes == useful and Light-Years == useful but Light-hours and Light months worthless. Crazy!

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      1. Stefinatrix‏ @Stefinatrix 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ugotsnookied I could have sworn I read that a couple of light-seconds ago...

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      2. Siggy Haraldson‏ @LadySiggy 10 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @LynnHannaAuthor // Lynn - NdT is my hero!

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      3. Lynn Hanna‏ @LynnHannaAuthor 10 May 2013
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        @LadySiggy @neiltyson Neil deGrass Tyson THE man to have on a desert island & a man to invite to dinner along with Shakespeare & Einstein!

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      4. Siggy Haraldson‏ @LadySiggy 10 May 2013
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        @LynnHannaAuthor // Agreed! @neiltyson

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      1. madame sandler‏ @Shizdizz 12 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson @ugotsnookied Especially if you can't travel at the speed of light. It's just a tad easier to think about.

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      1. madame sandler‏ @Shizdizz 12 Sep 2013
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        @neiltyson @ugotsnookied It just makes more sense to use Kilometers for a distance that is nothing compared to a light year.

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      1. Dave Curtis  🔴 🛰 +  ☀️ 🛰‏ @dwcssl 12 May 2013
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        @neiltyson Why? Seems like an odd hole in the progression of sizes

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      1. Jason Kraley‏ @JasonKraley 10 May 2013
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        @neiltyson Well, comet ISON is about 36 light minutes away.. for awhile, it was light months away. Guess you mean it's used "infrequently"..

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      1. dracula‏ @howtobecomeGOD 10 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ugotsnookied In the animetion TITAN AE.the scientist created a planet by a special spaceship.We could do the same.CREAT PLANETS!

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