Kostenloser Interstellar Travel Time Rechner

Schätzen Sie den travel time to nearby stars at various speeds. Kostenloser interstellar travel Rechner.

Entfernung

light-years

Cruise Velocity

km/s

Travel Time

21,184.33 years

Velocity as Fraction of c0.00020013 c

Travel Time vs Distance

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Formel

Interstellar Travel Time

At constant velocity, the travel time is simply distance divided by speed.

Formula

t = d / v

*d* in light-years (1 ly = 9.461 x 10^12 km)

*v* in km/s

Result converted to years (1 yr = 3.156 x 10^7 s)

Even at 60 km/s (about the speed of the fastest space probe), Proxima Centauri (4.24 ly) would take over 21 000 years.

Lösungsbeispiel

Proxima Centauri (4.24 ly) at 60 km/s.

01d = 4.24 * 9.461e12 = 4.011e13 km
02v = 60 km/s = 60 * 3.156e7 km/yr = 1.894e9 km/yr
03t = 4.011e13 / 1.894e9
04t = 21 180 years

Häufig Gestellte Fragen

What is the fastest spacecraft ever launched?

Parker Solar Probe, reaching about 200 km/s at closest solar approach. Voyager 1 travels at about 17 km/s relative to the Sun.

Could we reach another star in a human lifetime?

Only at a significant fraction of light speed. At 10% c (30 000 km/s), Proxima Centauri would take about 42 years. No current technology achieves this.

Does relativity matter?

At a significant fraction of c, time dilation reduces the onboard travel time. At 0.9c, a 4.24 ly trip takes only about 2 years of ship time.