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How Far Is It? & How long

From Earth
(figures based on 70mph-car, 500mph-plane, 17,000mph-rocket)

Many times people have simply said...how far is it from ?? to ??

So lets list a few of those answers and add more as we go.....

From EARTH                  - How far is it to our planets

                                                  (our moon and pluto inc)

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  & how long would it take?

  (rounded up & in a straight line

 no going around the earth first! & no stopping!)

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                                                            (in order from the Sun)​

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Earth
The Sun

our Sun .... 93 million miles

Plane
Car
Rocket

153 years

22 years

33 weeks

Mercury

Mercury .... 48 million miles

Plane
Car
Rocket

79  years

11 years

17 weeks

Venus

Venus .... 38 million miles

Car

62 years

Plane

9 years

Rocket

14 weeks

Mars Grand Canyon

Mars .... 33.9 million miles

Car

56 years

Plane

8 years

Rocket

12 weeks

Saturn

Saturn ....  746 million miles

Car

1,220 years

Plane

171 years

Rocket

5 years

Neptune

Neptune ....  2.7 billion miles 

Earths Moon Far Side (NASA)

our moon .... 238,855 miles

Car

21 weeks

Plane

20 days

Rocket

14 hours

Jupiter

Jupiter .... 365 million miles

Car

597 years

Plane

84 years

Rocket

2.5 years

Uranus

 Uranus ....  1.6 billion miles

Car

2,616 years

Plane

366 years

Rocket

11 years

Pluto

Pluto ....   2.66 -4.67 billion miles

(take at an average of 3.6 billion miles)

Heading 4

Car

4,415 years

Plane

618 years

Rocket

18 years

Car

5,886 years

Plane

824 years

Rocket

24 years

credit - 'skyatnight'
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