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Our Place In The Universe

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1 Our Place In The Universe

2 Light travels at 300,000,000 m/s (or 300,000 km/s)
The Speed Of Light A Light Year is the distance light travels in a year ( km)

3 Liverpool Time to get there at the speed of light: 0.00017s
Distance from Earth: n/a

4 The Moon Time to get there at the speed of light:1.25s
Distance from Earth: 356,334 km The Moon

5 The Sun Time to get there at the speed of light: 8 min 20s
Distance from Earth: 149,000,000 km

6 Jupiter Time to get there at the speed of light: 41 mins
Distance from Earth: 558,000,000 km

7 Neptune Time to get there at the speed of light: 4.2 hours
Distance from Earth: 4460,000,000 km

8 Alpha Centauri Distance from Earth: 4.3 Light Years
Time to get there at the speed of light: 4.3 years Alpha Centauri

9 Regulus Time to get there at the speed of light: 77.6 years
Distance from Earth: 77.6 Light Years

10 Polaris Time to get there at the speed of light: 432 years
Distance from Earth: 432 Light Years

11 The Orion Nebula Time to get there at the speed of light:
1300 years Distance from Earth: 1300 Light Years The Orion Nebula

12 Centre Of The Galaxy Distance from Earth: 27,000 Light Years
Time to get there at the speed of light: 27,700 years Centre Of The Galaxy

13 Large Magellanic Cloud
Distance from Earth: 160,000 Light Years Time to get there at the speed of light: 160,000 years Large Magellanic Cloud

14 Andromeda Galaxy Time to get there at the speed of light:
2,540,000 years Andromeda Galaxy Distance from Earth: 2,540,000 Light Years

15 Sombrero Galaxy Distance from Earth: 12,000,000 LY
Time to get there at the speed of light: 12,000,000 years Sombrero Galaxy

16 Hercules Galactic Cluster
Distance from Earth: 350,000,000 LY Time to get there at the speed of light: 350,000,000 years Hercules Galactic Cluster

17 The Edge Of The Observable Universe
Time to get there at the speed of light: 13,700,000,000 years The Edge Of The Observable Universe Distance from Earth: 13,700,000,000 LY


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