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It's funny how simple math can help you visualize just how far away an object is.
Pluto is, at minimum, 2,700,000,000 (2.7 Billion) miles away from Earth.
Traveling at "airliner" speeds, say 400mph, a non-stop flight to Pluto would take:
6,750,000 hours en route, or...
281,250 days en route, or...
770 years en route!
I think it's pretty amazing, that in the 1930's, we were able to detect an object only 2/3 the size of our moon at this kind of distance.
Pluto is, at minimum, 2,700,000,000 (2.7 Billion) miles away from Earth.
Traveling at "airliner" speeds, say 400mph, a non-stop flight to Pluto would take:
6,750,000 hours en route, or...
281,250 days en route, or...
770 years en route!
I think it's pretty amazing, that in the 1930's, we were able to detect an object only 2/3 the size of our moon at this kind of distance.