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9 sie 2024 · Bottom Line. In Short. Mercury: ~7 years (average) Venus: ~161.25 days (about 5.375 months) (average) Mars: ~128 to 360 days (varies per mission) Jupiter: ~3 years and 3 months (average for flybys); ~5.5 years (average for orbital missions) Saturn: ~6.5/7 years (for orbital missions like Cassini)
5 sie 2024 · For most space objects, we use light-years to describe their distance. A light-year is the distance light travels in one Earth year. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles (9 trillion km). That is a 6 with 12 zeros behind it!
3 sie 2024 · Sort the items below based on which unit of astronomical measurement is most appropriate for measuring their distance. Astronomical Unit (AU):the distance from the Earth to Jupiter. the distance from the asteroid belt to the Sun. Light Year:
3 sie 2024 · The distance between Earth and Mars is 225 million km. When converted using the conversion factor 1 AU=1.5x10^8 km, the distance between the planets is ___. The astronomical unit (AU) is ___ a light-year.
6 dni temu · The distance travelled by light from the planet (or its moon) to Earth is shorter when the Earth is at the point in its orbit that is closest to its planet than when the Earth is at the farthest point in its orbit, the difference in distance being the diameter of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. The observed change in the moon's orbital period ...
1 sie 2024 · Mars is, on average, 140 million miles from Earth. Rather than a three-day lunar trip, astronauts bound for Mars would be leaving our planet for roughly three years. Given this distance, planning and self-sufficiency will be essential to successful missions to Mars.
2 dni temu · Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.