How long would it take to drive? (The famous ‘are we there yet?’ question….)
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How long would it take to drive? (The famous ‘are we there yet?’ question….)
Across the US… 2½ daysAround the world… 19 days
To the moon… 6 monthsTo Venus… 54 years
To the Sun… 200 yearsTo Pluto… 7500 years
To the neareststar…
520,000,000 years
How long would it take to ‘beam’? At the speed of light (186,000 miles per second….)
Across the US… <<< 0.1 second
Around the world… 1/7th of a secondTo the moon… 1.5 seconds
To Venus… 2 minutes
To the Sun… 8-1/2 minutesTo Pluto… 5.5 hours
To the nearest star… 4.5 years
To the farthest star you can see at night 2000 years
Center of the Milky Way Galaxy 50,000 years
Next galaxy (Andromeda Galaxy) 2.9 million years
As far as the Hubble Telescope can see 13 billion years