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ROBERT J. SAWYER
Hugo and Nebula Winner

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My novel Calculating God deals with an alien ship, the Merelcas, that has been traveling from star to star, looking for scientific evidence for the existence of God. Visiting at our sun, Sol, is the eighth stop on the Merelcas's journey:

Distances in Earth Light-Years


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                           From        From      From
                           Previous    Beta      Delta       From
Planet                     Planet      Hydri     Pavonis     Sol
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Beta Hydri III               0.0        0.0        9.3       24.4
Delta Pavonis II             9.3        9.3        0.0       19.9
Epsilon Indi Prime           9.2       14.4        9.2       11.8
Tau Ceti II                 11.5       21.6       20.0       11.9
Mu Cassiopeae A Prime       23.7       44.9       41.0       24.7
Eta Cassiopeae A III         5.5       40.5       36.3       19.4
Sigma Draconis II           11.2       42.0       35.9       18.8
Groombridge 1618 III        16.9       38.9       35.1       15.9
Sol III                     15.9       24.4       19.9        0.0
Alpha Centauri A III         4.4       21.2       16.4        4.4
Delta Pavonis II            16.5        9.3        0.0       19.9
Beta Hydri III               9.3        0.0        9.3       24.4

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Journey to Sol             103.2
Total Planned Journey      133.4
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Map produced with ChView Software, which I highly recommend.

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