heard that it what take 10 years to travel There??
2007-02-22 03:32:36 · 6 answers · asked by Coolbreeze 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The line of sight distance between Earth and Jupiter right now (22 Feb 2007) is 5.4772 astronomical units, or 819.4 million kilometers. No, it doesn't take 10 years to get there. If you leave Earth on 12 May 2008, you can reach Jupiter in 863 days by following an elliptical transfer orbit with aphelion at arrival. The delta-vee from Earth orbit is about 33 km/sec. The transfer orbit elements are a=2.896, e=0.7137, i=1.549, L=53.025, w=124.681, T=2454561.85. If you're on a budget and need to take a Hohmann transfer orbit from Earth to Jupiter, the transit time will be about 997 days.
2007-02-22 06:58:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now it is 5.4953 Astronomical Units away, but the distance varies due to Jupiter's large and slow orbit around the sun compared with Earth's small and relatively fast orbit.
It takes 5 to 10 years for a space probe to reach Jupiter from Earth.
2007-02-22 11:41:26 · answer #2 · answered by Tikimaskedman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is roughly half a billion miles away.
How long it takes to travel there depends, of course, on how fast you're going.
NASA launched a probe to Pluto that will cover the distance to Jupiter in a little more than a year.
2007-02-22 12:03:40 · answer #3 · answered by k_e_p_l_e_r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is 483,000,000 miles from the Sun, but the distance from Earth varies, depending on where we are in orbit in accordance with Jupiter. The fastest way to get there is to "sling shot" a craft around Mars.
2007-02-22 11:45:16 · answer #4 · answered by Fred C. Dobbs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jupiter's minimal distance from Earth is 588 million km or 365 million miles.
2007-02-22 11:56:07 · answer #5 · answered by bldudas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 5.4 AU from earth on average. Please understand that it does change.
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2007-02-22 12:49:30 · answer #6 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋