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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2015, 10:23 AM Jul 2015

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The New Horizons spacecraft is travelling past Pluto at approximately 30,000 mph.

Last edited Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:34 AM - Edit history (2)

Just to give you an idea how fast that is, a trip from New York to San Francisco at that speed would take a little over five minutes.*

Yeah Science!

*Thank you Fumesucker for the math correction.

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The New Horizons spacecraft is travelling past Pluto at approximately 30,000 mph. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 OP

Boggles The Mind. nt Herman4747 Jul 2015 #1

2,443 miles/36,000 mph = .067 hour = ~4 minutes Fumesucker Jul 2015 #2

I may have been a little off on my meth. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2015 #4

It's more like six minutes seveneyes Jul 2015 #3

Herman4747

(1,825 posts)

1. Boggles The Mind. nt

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:19 AM

Jul 2015

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

2. 2,443 miles/36,000 mph = .067 hour = ~4 minutes

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:30 AM

Jul 2015

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)

4. I may have been a little off on my meth.

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:33 AM

Jul 2015

Duly noted with a tip of the hat.

Still pretty awesome.

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)

3. It's more like six minutes

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:33 AM

Jul 2015

And that assumes you don't have to start or stop.

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