When Voyager 2 encountered the planet Saturn in 1981, the planet was approximately 1 billion miles (1 X 109 mi) from the Earth. How long did it take for the television picture signal to reach the Earth from Saturn?
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2015-11-02T13:30:32-0500
Speed of light = 186000 miles/second Distance = 1*109 Time = 1*109 / 1.86*105 = 5376.34 seconds Answer Time = 5376.34 seconds
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