Daily cosmobite: how far to the stars?

Published by Nick Lomb on February 10, 2013 1 Comment

The closest star to Earth is the Sun at a distance of 150 million km. Travelling in a straight line at the speed of a modern jet aircraft it would take us about 19 years to reach it. The nearest star system to the Sun is that of Alpha Centauri, which is at a distance of about 40 million million km. Imagine how long it would take to get there!

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One Response to “Daily cosmobite: how far to the stars?”

February 11, 2013 at 8:52 am, Roberto said:

Assuming it’s just a pro-rata calculation, then it would take about 5.07 million years to fly the distance in a jet aircraft. I’d definitely want a first class seat!

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