If we could build a spacecraft that travels at the speed of light, which is 1,080 million km/h, humanity could explore distant planets in the solar system in the blink of an eye. However, this remains a dream, as current manned spacecraft can only reach speeds of nearly 40,000 km/h.
Distances from Earth to the Planets in the Solar System
- The distance from Earth to the Sun is 8.32 light minutes.
- The distance from Earth to Mercury is 5.10 light minutes.
- The distance from Earth to Venus is 2.3 light minutes.
- The distance from Earth to the Moon is 1.3 light seconds.
- The distance from Earth to Mars is 4.35 light minutes.
- The distance from Earth to Jupiter is 34.95 light minutes.
- The distance from Earth to Saturn is 1.18 light hours.
- The distance from Earth to Uranus is 2.52 light hours.
- The distance from Earth to Neptune is 4.03 light hours.
- The distance from Earth to Pluto is 4.6 light hours.
- The distance from Earth to the planets in the Kuiper Belt is approximately 4.02 light hours.
