How long does it take to get up to 7 life-capable planets - has Trappist-1 been discovered?
This dwarf system is about 39-40 light years from Earth. How long does it take for NASA's Space Shuttle or New Horizons spacecraft to get there?
Check out the video below to get the correct answer.
Solar System version 2.0.
- The star system TRAPPIST-1 is about 39 light-years away from Earth, located in the constellation Aquarius.
- It will take about 1.5 million years for NASA's shuttle to get there, provided that the ship must reach a speed of 28,163km / h (equivalent to 17,500 miles per hour).
- The New Horizons spacecraft will need up to 800,000 years at a speed of 51,516 km / h (approximately 32,010 miles per hour) to reach the Trappist-1.
- Breakthrough Starshot's solar sail spacecraft fleet can reach Trappist-1 faster, in about 200 years at 20% speed of light (about 215 million km / h).
- And with the speed of light, it only takes 39 years to travel from Earth to the Trappist-1 (about 1,080 million km / h).
More Science Stories
- Surprise with a strange life on the new solar system discovered
- Discovering two planets
- The giant pink sun on 7 planets resembles Earth
- NASA press conference: We have a perfect 2 Solar System for extraterrestrial life
- Discover three earth-like planets
- New information shocked about 7 planets like Earth
- Latest images of 7 planets in the Solar System version 2.0
- It is possible to confirm life on three Earth-like planets over the next decade
- Kepler discovered 20 Earth-like planets that could contain life
- Add 54 planets capable of life
- Discover more than 700 planets outside the solar system
- Find the first evidence that 'Solar System 2.0' has water