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Carter’s letter to Voyager is the longest message sent by any earthling

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In 1977 , Carter wrote a three -paragraph letter to accompany the Voyager spacecraft.

Today , that letter is travelling beyond our Solar System at speeds of eleven miles a second .

It is the first letter in history to reach extrasolar space.

Carter filed his own report of the incident with the International UFO Bureau in Oklahoma City .

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76

Informative language

76

Neutral language

81

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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long-living

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