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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 9 May 2013

    1 light-nanosecond to your dinner plate. 1.3 light seconds to the Moon. 8.3 light-minutes to the Sun. 1.4 light-hrs to Saturn

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      2. Jim San Cesario-Morrissey A1‏ @heimaeyus 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson how far is it to Youranus?

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      3. Con‏ @DarthHoosier 9 May 2013
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        @heimaeyus @neiltyson The same distance it is to your brain

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      2. Frankohnstein‏ @Koh_Biet 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson fill me with spacefacts you sexy astro beast

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      1. Antichristian Finneghost‏Verified account @ChristFinnegan 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson Those are MY favorite Rush songs too!

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      1. Wham Bam Thankya Mam‏ @bambam13photos 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson so how many nanoseconds does it take my dog to her dinner? :p

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      1. Dino's Grotto‏ @DinoInShaw 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson Photons, bringing you light since a Planck unit after the big bang, right? Do they ever get a day off?

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      1. Freemanpedia‏ @freemanpedia 9 May 2013
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        “@neiltyson: 1 light-nanosecond to your dinner plate. 1.3 light seconds to the Moon. 8.3 light-minutes to the Sun" #relativity

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      1. Logic_Bomb‏ @AR_Logic_Bomb 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson There you go leaving out Pluto again. ; )

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      1. Ángel Domínguez  🔸‏ @angeldominguez 9 May 2013
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        1 nanosegundo-luz a tu plato, 1,3 segundos-luz a la luna, 8,3 minutos-luz al sol, 1,4 horas-luz a Saturno. /vía @neiltyson

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      1. Graeme Edgeler‏ @GraemeEdgeler 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson ~1.4 light days to Voyager 1

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      1. Patrick Monaghan‏ @pkmonaghan 9 May 2013
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        RT @neiltyson 1 light-nanosecond to your dinner plate. 1.3 light seconds to the Moon. 8.3 light-minutes to the Sun. 1.4 light-hrs to Saturn

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      1. baud2bits‏ @baud2bits 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson Unless you are the light - in which case zero seconds for all?

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      1. Neel Unni‏ @NeelNASA 14 Jun 2013
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        @neiltyson See you soon Dr. Tyson as India is not far from USA anymore.

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      1. Simon Robinson‏ @SimonRobinsons 18 May 2013
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        @neiltyson But @ChuckDamnNorris is faster!

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      1. Joe Swift‏ @giuseppiallegro 18 May 2013
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        @neiltyson We might not see light from the sun disturbed for 8 minutes, but what about the gravity effects? Do we really know yet? Curious.

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      1. Mike Hoover‏ @RandomTwit123 14 May 2013
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        @neiltyson should have them all in seconds for scale

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      1. Christopher Like‏ @christopherlike 13 May 2013
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        @neiltyson In particle timing experiments length of cables can change results even w/ info moving at speed of light.

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      1. 00face‏ @TheFaceBiters 12 May 2013
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        @neiltyson So in theory, we would have about 8.3 light-minutes before a solar flare hit us?

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      1. MyXp‏ @a_anandkumar 11 May 2013
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        @neiltyson It had the makings of a really geeky romantic poem...

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