2006-10-09 10:59:24 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
In Star Trek: TOS, the warp factors were exponential. Thus warp one is C raised to the power of one, e.g. C, the speed of light. Warp two is C to the power of two, or the the speed of light squared. Warp three is C to the power of three, or the speed of light cubed.
Therefore, warp 9 is C raised to the power of nine. Or, 670,616,629.384 mph raised to the power of nine. Or, 2.7432719727100345222687850949321 x 10^79 miles per hour. (That last bit is 10 raised to the power of 79.)
2006-10-09 13:06:59 · answer #1 · answered by Otis F 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Star Trek is fiction, so of course the starship USS Enterprise was able to do things that would be impossible in our real universe.
According to Star Trek lore I've heard, the speed of a starship under warp drive is the cube of the warp factor multiplied by the speed of light. So Warp 9 is 729 c, which is the same as 488.9 billion miles per hour.
The usual crusing speed of a starship was Warp 6, which is 216 c. At that speed, it would take 17 days to travel 10 lightyears, which was probably a fairly typical distance for starships to move in a hop.
If they had to go 100 lightyears in a hurry, they'd crank it up to Warp 9, and the trip would take about 50 days.
2006-10-09 13:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The answer depends on which definition of "Warp factor" you are using.
For ST:TNG Warp factor 9 is 454484672 km/s which is equivalent to 1.02e+13 mph. This would be Wapr factor 11.5 in the original series.
Of course, a few episodes from various Star Trek reveals that warp factor 9, or any other warp factor, is actually whatever speed the writers need to make a scientific and logical sounding explanation that fits the current episodes/movies plot.
2006-10-09 11:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by scottdprt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Warp Speed In Mph
2017-01-11 15:43:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first we need to all be clear on the approximate speed of light (not prcise) is 186,282.397 miles per second, or 670,616,629.384 miles per hour.
Now this business about "Warp Factor-9". There are two schools of thought. Star Trek Original Series (TOS) and Star Trek Next Generation (TNG). There is a table on this site that gives comparison table http://www.star-fleet.com/ed/warp-chart.html. Remember that you still need to know that the speed of light is 670,616,629.384 miles per hour (approximately).
So Warp 9 = (729 * 670,616,629.384 miles per hour) based on TOS. Or Warp 9 = (1516 * 670,616,629.384 miles per hour) baed on TNG
2006-10-09 11:22:11 · answer #5 · answered by ebell922001 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not a Trek expert but I believe warp speed is light speed. So warp 9 would be 9 times the speed of light.
The speed of light is little over 182,000 mph so that times 9 would be 1,638,000 mph. Hope they don't roll a window down at that speed.
2006-10-09 11:01:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Warp factor is the unit used to measure faster-than-light travel, where 'c' (E=MC2 see boring physics bit below) is equal to the speed of light. Each increase of one warp is computed geometrically. Warp ten is theorized to be infinite and with current technology, unobtainable.
The speed of light in a vacuum is an important physical constant denoted by the letter c for constant or the Latin word celeritas meaning "swiftness".
In metric units, c is exactly 299,792,458 metres per second (1,079,252,848.8 km/h). Note that this speed is a definition, not a measurement, since the fundamental SI unit of length, the metre, has been defined since October 21, 1983 in terms of the speed of light: one metre is the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Converted to imperial units, the speed of light is approximately 186,282.397 miles per second, or 670,616,629.384 miles per hour. (or about one foot per nanosecond).
2006-10-09 11:15:27 · answer #7 · answered by Quizard 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi there. Just tried to work it out, but still trying to get a result.
I've just got 66960000.000.000.
Sorry, this may take some time to work out.
Not to leave you without an answer, may I say this, Light travels at 186.000 miles per second. To achieve warp speed you need to travel 186,098 miles every second.
This equates to 186,098 x 60 x 60.
This would give you miles per hour at warp one, speed of light.
The result would need to be"result x 9"
May I suggest you use light units per hour instead of miles per hour?
Still working on your question though!
2006-10-09 11:55:24 · answer #8 · answered by Dr David 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a little bit faster than warp speed 8, but not quite as fast as warp speed 10
2006-10-11 03:01:57 · answer #9 · answered by aussie_aussie9 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I didn't think it was so much of speed as it was the warping of space around the ship.
2006-10-09 11:08:03 · answer #10 · answered by joe s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋