Astronomers suggest that the solar system is about 0.5 light year long or possibly even a full light year.Jan 2, 2016
How many light years across is the solar system?
How far across is the solar system in light years?
The solar system extends right up to the Oort cloud – beyond the Kuiper belt – to an estimated distance of 100,000 astronomical units (a unit of measurement equal to 149.6 million kilometres, the mean distance from the centre of the earth to the centre of the sun). This roughly translates to 1.50 light years.
How long would it take to travel 1 Lightyear?
about 37,200 human years Saying we were a space shuttle that travelled five miles per second, given that the speed of light travels at 186,282 miles per second, it would take about 37,200 human years to travel one light year.
How long across is the solar system?
If we say that the end of the solar system is the cloud of comets that surrounds our solar system, then the diameter is roughly 60,000 A.U., which is 5,580,000,000,000 (over five trillion) miles. It's a big universe!
How many light days is the solar system?
Use in astronomy
| Unit | Definition | Equivalent distance in |
|---|---|---|
| km | ||
| light-hour | 60 light-minutes = 3600 light-seconds | 1.079×109 km |
| light-day | 24 light-hours = 86400 light-seconds | 2.590×1010 km |
| light-week | 7 light-days = 604800 light-seconds | 1.813×1011 km |
What distance is 1 light-year closest to?
approximately 6 trillion miles A light-year is the distance a beam of light travels in a single Earth year, which equates to approximately 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion kilometers). On the scale of the universe, measuring distances in miles or kilometers is cumbersome given the exceedingly large numbers being discussed.
How many Earth years is a Lightyear?
A light-year is the distance light travels in one Earth year. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles (9 trillion km). One light year is equal to the distance that light travels in one year (it is about ten trillion kilometers, or six trillion miles). One light years is equal to approx 6.5×10^5 earht s years.
How long would it take to get to Pluto?
So how long does it take to get to Pluto? Roughly 9-12 years. You could probably get there faster, but then you'd get less science done, and it probably wouldn't be worth the rush. Are you super excited about the New Horizons flyby of Pluto?
Is warp speed possible?
“None of the physically conceivable warp drives can accelerate to speeds faster than light,” Bobrick says. That is because you would require matter capable of being ejected at speeds faster than light—but no known particles can travel that fast.