Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: NormsRevenge

How long will voyager have to travel to equal the distance of One light year??


9 posted on 06/09/2011 8:59:32 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Walkingfeather

5.8 trillion miles.


10 posted on 06/09/2011 9:06:07 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]

To: Walkingfeather

About 14k years.


11 posted on 06/09/2011 9:06:25 PM PDT by mnehring
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]

To: Walkingfeather; NormsRevenge

>>> How long will voyager have to travel to equal the distance of One light year??

The better question is how long would it take to reach the next star. We worked that out last year on a prior thread:

“” >>>Voyager 2 spacecraft, which is currently 8.6 billion miles (13.8 billion km) from Earth

If I did the math correctly

0.0014629270371999592 Light Years in 33 years.

And the next closest star is Alpha Centauri, at about 4.37 light-years distant.””

At that rate, 98,500 years. If it was even pointed towards that star, which it isn’t.

And long division would give you the rate for one LY.


16 posted on 06/10/2011 12:17:16 AM PDT by tlb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]

To: Walkingfeather; NormsRevenge

>>> How long will voyager have to travel to equal the distance of One light year??

The better question is how long would it take to reach the next star. We worked that out last year on a prior thread:

“” >>>Voyager 2 spacecraft, which is currently 8.6 billion miles (13.8 billion km) from Earth

If I did the math correctly

0.0014629270371999592 Light Years in 33 years.

And the next closest star is Alpha Centauri, at about 4.37 light-years distant.””

At that rate, 98,500 years. If it was even pointed towards that star, which it isn’t.

And long division would give you the rate for one LY.


17 posted on 06/10/2011 12:17:38 AM PDT by tlb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson