Re: How Long would it take for a spaceship to travel to the sun?


"Birdle" <Birdle.2d2fln@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi I'm new here and just signed up. For extra credit my science teacher
asked us "How long would it take for someone to go to the nearest star?"
I already knew that the nearest star was the sun. Remember, I want to
know how long it would take to get there not how many miles it is.


33.1275934532395747203058675473937 minutes ?


All depends on how fast you want to travel.

Use google to find out how far the sun is from us, then use the formulae:

time = distance / speed

where distance is in miles and speed is in miles per hour (time will be in
hours).


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