Suppose it takes 3 days for a space vehicle to travel from Earth to the moon. About how long would it take for the same vehicle traveling at the same speed to Jupiter? Moon - 240,000 mi Jupiter - 391,000,000. The space vehicle would take how many days to reach Jupiter?
Suppose it takes 3 days for a space vehicle to travel from Earth to the moon. About how long would it take for the same vehicle traveling at the same speed to Jupiter? Moon - 240,000 mi Jupiter - 391,000,000. The space vehicle would take how many days to reach Jupiter?
I assume you wish to assume a constant velocity over the distances.
240,000/3(24) = 3333.33 mph
391,000,000/3333.33 = 117,300 hr = 4887.5 days.
The mean distance from Earth to Jupiter is really 483,700,553 miles however, making the constant velocity trip time 145,110 hr = 6046 days.
A realistic trip to the Moon departs the Earth with a velocity of just under 25,000 mph relative to the Earth.
The real minimum energy trip time to Jupiter is ~2.73 years.
To determine the number of days it would take for the space vehicle to reach Jupiter, we need to calculate the time based on the distance and the speed of the vehicle.
We first need to find the speed at which the space vehicle is traveling. Since the speed is not explicitly given, we can use the time it takes to reach the moon as a reference point.
Given:
Distance to the moon = 240,000 miles
Time to reach the moon = 3 days
To find the speed, we can divide the distance by the time:
Speed = Distance / Time
Speed = 240,000 miles / 3 days
Speed = 80,000 miles per day
Now that we have the speed of the space vehicle, we can calculate the time it would take to reach Jupiter.
Given:
Distance to Jupiter = 391,000,000 miles
Speed = 80,000 miles per day
To find the time, we can divide the distance by the speed:
Time = Distance / Speed
Time = 391,000,000 miles / 80,000 miles per day
Using a calculator, we can determine that it would take approximately 4,887.5 days to travel from Earth to Jupiter at the same speed. Rounding up, it would take approximately 4,888 days.