Journey to Jupiter: How Long Does It Take to Reach the Largest Planet in the Solar System?

TRIBUNMANADO.CO.ID – Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

In its sequence, Jupiter is the fifth planet.

It’s so big that even 1,300 Earths can fit inside Jupiter.

This is because Jupiter has bands of scattered clouds around its thick atmosphere.

The distance from Earth to Jupiter reaches hundreds of millions of kilometers.

Even so, from Earth we can see Jupiter as a brightly colored spot in the sky at night.

Journey to Jupiter

To determine how long it will take to get to Jupiter, we must first know the distance between Earth and the gas giant planet.

When Earth and Jupiter are at their closest point to each other, they are 588 million km apart. At the farthest point in its orbit, Jupiter is 968 million km from Earth. Meanwhile, the average distance between Earth and Jupiter is 714 million km.

Light travels at a speed of about 299,792 km per second. Thus, the light shining from Jupiter will take the following time to reach Earth (or vice versa):

Shortest distance: 33 minutes Longest distance: 54 minutes Average distance: 40 minutes

Then, the journey time to reach Jupiter by spacecraft depends on a number of factors, ranging from the position of Earth and Jupiter to the technology used.

Reporting from Space, currently, the spacecraft that takes the shortest time to reach Jupiter is NASA’s New Horizons, which flew to Jupiter in 405 days or 1 year, 1 month and 9 days to fly across in 2007.

Additionally, here is a list of how long it took previous missions to reach Jupiter:

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Pioneer 10: 642 days, or 1 year 9 months 2 days Pioneer 11: 606 days, or 1 year 7 months 27 days Voyager 1: 546 days, or 1 year 6 months Voyager 2: 688 days, or 1 year, 10 months and New Horizon’s 19 days: 405 days or 1 year, 1 month, and 9 days

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2023-08-13 06:55:19
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