RE: Why Doesn't Earth Orbit alpha Centauri?
September 13, 2016 at 2:17 pm
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2016 at 2:43 pm by Primordial Bisque.)
(September 13, 2016 at 2:10 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:(September 13, 2016 at 11:07 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Yeah Alpha Centauri is ~4.37 ly, the sun is only ~93 million miles.
My understanding is light travels 6 million miles a year. So we are about 15.5 light years from El Sol. It is also my understanding that 15 is more than 4.37. while 4.37 X 6 is less than 93.
Light travels roughly 6 trillion miles per year. Alpha Centauri is ~250,000 times further away from Earth than the Sun.
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