Distance calculator

Calculation

  • Speed = 299,792,458 m/s
  • Time = 31,556,736 secs = 1.0 yrs
  • Distance = 9,460,471,451,897,088 meter

    • = 63,239 astronomical unit
    = 9.4605 petametre
    = 1.0000 lightyear
    = 0.3066 parsec

    Examples

  • Car driving 24 hours at 120 km/h = 2880 km
  • 1 year x speed of light = 1 light-year
  • Garden snail on the move for 24h = 1.12 km
  • Cheetah at top speed for 30 seconds = 993 m
  • Koenigsegg CCR at 242 mph for 1 minute = 6.49 km
  • Usain Bolt at 10.44 m/s for 9.58 secs = 100 m

    • References

  • Astronomy: light-year - parsec