ammount of time it would take to travel to Alpho Proxima

stevieweevie | 13:31 Thu 16th Sep 2010 | Science

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Alpho Proxima is our nearest star, given an imaginary craft with a generous speed of 40.000mph, how long would it take to travel that distance, 4.22 light years, a light year being,186.000mph per second.....? I'm thinking about 3700 ish years.....anyone?

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The time dilation factor for 40,000mph is about 2 in 1 billion.
70,643 "Earth years" ~ 2230 billion seconds

70,643 "Craft years" ~ 4460 seconds shorter than 70,643 "Earth years"

1 hour and 14 minutes is ample time to realise you are 1.3 lightyears short of the intended target.

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