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How far is 1.26 billion kilometres?
To put 1.26 billion kilometres into perspective, it's roughly 8.4 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun. If you were travelling at the speed of a commercial jet, it would take you over 140 years to cover that distance. This vastness explains why Saturn's light takes 70 minutes to reach us.
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