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Re:NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Lo... by ars on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:42PM (#35734251)
The article is rounding up, and the parent comment is talking about Voyager 1.

Specifically: Voyager 1 is 23.8 billion km (23.8 Tm), and Voyager 2 is 18.3 Tm.

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Re:NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Lo... by dylan604 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @05:27PM (#35734849)
For those that might not be aware, Voyager 2 launched before Voyager 1, so the distance discrepancy is not due to the further one being launched first
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Re:NASA Power Hack Extends 45-Year Voyager 2 Mission Even Lo... by bragr on Thursday April 27, 2023 @06:49PM (#35735510)
Voyager 2 was launched first but on a less direct trajectory out of the system which allowed it to visit Uranus and Neptune. Voyager 1 is going much faster

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/

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