Historic space photo of the week: Voyager 2 spies a storm on Saturn 42 years ago

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With the ringed planet currently perfectly positioned for observation with a small telescope, relive Voyager 2's landmark 1981 visit.

Historic space photo of the week: Voyager 2 spies a storm on Saturn 42 years ago : Read more

 

[Wil Nusser]

"The image was taken 9 million miles (15 million km) from Earth [...]"

Ummmm, no. It was about 9 million miles from SATURN. It was closer to 9 HUNDRED million miles from Earth at the time.

I know that many people's eyes glaze over at big numbers, but being off by around 99%? Two orders of magnitude? I expect better from self-proclaimed science communicators...