How many days does it take to get to mercury to earth?

Answer 1

Let's assume you are going to travel from Mercury to Earth when they are the closest at only 48 million miles.

If you walking, at a clip of 4 mph, it would take you 12 million hours, or 500,000 days, or 1,369 years and 10 months.

If you were traveling at the speed of light, it would take you about 4 minutes.

If you took the Space Shuttle, it would take about 117 days.

Are you planning a visit?

Answer 2

This question is difficult to answer as both Earth and Mercury are moving in orbits round the Sun. This means that at some times Earth and Mercury are on opposite sides of the Sun and at some times they are on the same side. Thus when you try and send a spacecraft form Earth to Mercury you have to plan for how the earth is moving, how Mercury is moving (where it will be when the spaceship gets there) and how to slow the spacecraft down. For instance NASA's MESSENGER will fly by Earth, Venus and Mercury several times to burn off energy before making its final approach to the inner planet on March 18, 2011.

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Answer 3

Mercury is 77.3 million km away from Earth.

Meaning it should take 4.3 minutes at Light Speed when at closest point.

It depends how fast you travel. (Among other things).

getting to Mercury is fast...the problem is slowing down. Mercury's gravity field is not strong enough compared to the sun to break in to orbit. Mars has a atmosphere for the space craft to fly threw to slow the space craft down to a stable orbit. If the space craft has enough fuel it would take about three months to get there if the orbit window is right between Earth and Mercury. it would take a lot of fuel to break in to Mercury's orbit. I don't think are space craft today has that kind of engine Tec.

Answer 4

365 days which is 1 year.