If crafting a spacecraft moving at light speed of 1,080 million km / h, humans could explore distant planets in the solar system in just minutes. However, this is still a dream because the current passenger spacecraft only reached the highest speed of nearly 40,000 km / h.

Distance from Earth to planets in the solar system

  • The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 8.32 minutes of light.
  • The distance from Earth to Mercury is 5.10 minutes of light.
  • The distance from Earth to Venus is 2.3 minutes of light.
  • The distance from the Earth to the Moon is 1.3 seconds of light.
  • The distance from Earth to Mars is 4.35 minutes of light.
  • The distance from Earth to Jupiter is 34.95 minutes of light.
  • The distance from Earth to Saturn is 1.18 light hours.
  • The distance from Earth to Uranus is 2.52 hours of light.
  • The distance from Earth to Neptune is 4.03 hours of light.
  • The distance from Earth to Pluto is 4.6 hours of light.
  • The distance from the Earth to the Kuiper belt planets is: 4.02 hours of light.

The distance from the Earth to the celestial bodies in the solar system images 1
The distance from the Earth to the celestial bodies in the solar system images 2