Thread: Concerning the New Discovered Brown Dwarf
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Old 21-May-2003, 04:14 PM
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Default Re: Ok now I am confused
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Originally Posted by skywatcher
so it would take 7 years to reach here
No, it takes 7 years for the light it emits to get here. The object itself is not traveling at the speed of light.