[zeugma]

According to Celestia, (free download of Coolest Program Ever), as of 9pm Central time this evening, Pluto is 4 hours 12 minutes  43 seconds away from Earth at LightSpeed.

To put this into perspective, (au = Astronomical Unit - roughly 93 million miles)

Mercury = 5m 30.1s (.66142 au)

Venus = 12m 35.3s (1.5135 au)

Mars = 20m 36.5s (2.4779 au) 

Jupiter = 43m 19.2s (5.2083 au)

Saturn = 1h 24m 27.4s  (10.145 au)

Uranus = 2h 40m 29.1s (19.296 au)

Neptune = 4h 1m 46.6s (29.071 au)

Pluto = 4h 12m 43.1s (30.387 au) 

[cripplecreek]

I once read that if the earth was represented as a baseball in Manhattan, pluto would be the size of a pea in San Fransisco.

[joshhiggins]

Venus = 12m 35.3s (1.5135 au)

I thought Venus was closer to the sun than Earth. If true shouldn't it be less than one astronomical unit? Also if it takes roughly seven minutes for sun light to reach earth why does it take over twelve to get to venus?

Am I missing something?

Should I go look in Myanus?