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by Ancalagon 2421 days ago
Just FYI nothing man made is even close to light years away from the Earth.

EDIT: I don't understand the downvotes. Isn't this just fact?

EDIT 2: I see the OP changed his original comment, so I can understand the confusion. Thanks all :)

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voyager 1 which is currently the farthest man made object from earth is approx 147 AU away, where as 1 light year is equiv to 63241.1 AU... so it has a little ways to go still :)
> EDIT: I don't understand the downvotes. Isn't this just fact?

Nobody's questioning that fact (barring well-deserved pedantry about radio signals), but GP's claim was light days so the downvotes are probably about the nonsequitur.

OP edited after the fact (says as much)
lol timehackers. It made sense when I wrote it \o/
Do radio signals count as man-made?
Our radio broadcasts are.
Ok, nothing man-made of the spacecraft type...