No one really knows, because no one has ever been to Betelgeuse. It would take much more time than getting to Pluto.
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∙ 12y agoIt would take approximately 642.5 years to travel to Betelgeuse at the speed of light. Betelgeuse is located about 642.5 light-years away from Earth.
Betelgeuse does not actually rotate like a solid body, as it is a supergiant star with an irregular shape due to its strong pulsations. It is estimated that Betelgeuse has a rotation period anywhere from tens to hundreds of years.
Betelgeuse doesn't revolve around the sun. It is a star, even larger than the sun, and much too far away for the sun to have much effect on it.
Traveling to Betelgeuse, which is approximately 642.5 light-years away from Earth, would take a significant amount of time, likely hundreds of thousands of years with current spacecraft technology. The distance is so vast that we don't have the capability to travel there at speeds that would make the voyage feasible in a human timescale.
Since Betelgeuse is a nearby star (compared to the size of the galaxy, that is), you can assume that it takes about the same time as our Solar System to orbit the galaxy - approximately 240 million years.
Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star, is so large that if it were placed at the center of our solar system, its surface would extend beyond the orbit of Jupiter. However, as a gaseous object, Betelgeuse does not have a distinct volume like a solid object would.
The light takes about 640 years to reach Earth, as Betelgeuse (a red supergiant star) is about 640 light years from Earth.
Since Betelgeuse is a nearby star (compared to the size of the galaxy, that is), you can assume that it takes about the same time as our Solar System to orbit the galaxy - approximately 240 million years.
First of all, Betelgeuse is 640 light-years away from Earth. So, even if a rover is sent to this star at the speed of light, it would take 640 years for it to get there. Second of all, once it reaches there, we would have to control the rover with radio signals. The signals would have to be extremely strong, and would take 640 years to get to the star. This is impossible and impractical. Third of all, Betelgeuse is a huge hot star. If a rover gets anywhere closer than a few million miles to that star, it would completely melt/vaporize. Fourth, as supergiant star, Betelgeuse has no solid surface; only tenuous gasses. So, no, a rover cannot be sent/land on the star Betelgeuse.
Betelgeuse is a star, not a planet, so it does not have a day. We have a day and night because at times we are facing or not facing our star, the Sun. Planets have days and nights as they rotate, but stars do not.
No. Betelgeuse does not affect us.
No, Betelgeuse is a red star.
No, Betelgeuse is a red giant.
Betelgeuse is the reddish star on the top of the constellation.
The name Betelgeuse came from Arabic.
It comes from Arabic.It is the second brightest star in Orion and that is what Betelgeuse means.
You could see it last year. Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky, and has been for a long time.
No. Betelgeuse is a star in the constellation Orion.