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Neptune, the most distant planet, takes 4.16 hours for light to reach. The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, takes light 4.3 years to get to. The fastest spacecraft ever launched from Earth is NASA's New Horizons mission, which will make a close encounter with Pluto and its moons in 2015.
The 12 to 18 hour rotation periods found for the atmospheric features differ from the above value because of winds. (see the related link for additional information) It takes Neptune 16 hours and 6 minutes to rotate once on its axis.  This means that one day on Neptune is the same as about 16 hours on  Earth.