A What is the maximal comoving distance that a space probe can reach?

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What is the maximal comoving distance that a probe can reach depending on its speed?

If the probe travels at light speed, the maximal comoving distance that it can reach is 5 Mpc, which is called the cosmic event horizon. But what if it travels at some other speed?
 
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If the probe travels at light speed, the maximal comoving distance that it can reach is 5 Mpc, which is called the cosmic event horizon. But what if it travels at some other speed?
If we designate the distance to the event horizon as ##D_{eh}## (which, by the way, is not 5 Mpc, but about 5 Gpc), then the maximal comoving distance that can be reached at speed ##v## is ##\frac {v}{c} D_{eh}##
 
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