Even at our solar system's scale it can seem slow. Pluto gets to about 50AU from...

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Even at our solar system's scale it can seem slow. Pluto gets to about 50AU from the sun, but the Oort cloud is between 2,000 and 5,000 AU from the sun. 24 1/2 days until something reaches earth vs almost seven years.