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How long would it take to reach the speed of light accelerating at one gravity?
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∙ 13y ago
1g is not a measure of speed. It may refer to 1 times the acceleration caused by gravity - but this is an acceleration, not a speed. It is about 9.8 meters per second per second, meaning that under normal gravity, the speed of a falling object increases by 9.8 meters/second every second.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo matter how long you accelerate at 1g, you will never quite reach the speed of light, only approach it. A simple calculation that does NOT take into account the Theory of Relativity is 300,000,000 m/s divided by 10 m/s2 = 30 million seconds, which is about a year. But when you start approaching the speed of light, both time and distance get distorted, so that you won't quite be able to reach the speed of light.
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∙ 13y agoIt can't be done
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∙ 13y agoin a vacuum it would take about one year.
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How many g's would you feel going the speed of light?
It takes a looooooooooooooooooooooooong time! You're at "1g" when you're just sittin' around - 1g being 1x of the force of gravity. So at 1g, you're not really accelerating at all.Lets do the math and start with 1 g equal to 32 feet per second. Light speed equals 186,000 miles per second. It will take approximately 78 years to reach light speed.But there seems to be an error in these calculations! 32 feet per second is NOT an acceleration, but a constant velocity, so after 78 years you would still be at 32 ft per second!!! The term 1-G refers to the constant acceleration of EARTH gravity, that is 32 ft per second (squared) at sea level!!!!!! Now at that acceleration it would take about 51.7 weeks to reach light speed, that is if I used the acceleration calculator correctly. Good question though!
Can a spacecraft travel at one quarter of the speed of light?
The speed wouldn't harm us, if we could reach it. But we have no way to get there yet. If you had a rocket or a car carrying enough fuel to keep accelerating you at 2G's, let's say ... night and day, 24 hours around the clock ... then if you could stand the load of dragging around double your weight, it would take you something like 6 months of that to reach 1/2 the speed of light.
How long would a car take to reach outer space?
It would never reach. Cars go to slow to break the gravity barrier. To escape Earth's gravity and reach space, one needs to travel at a speed of about 11.2 km/s
How long would it take for a Ferrari accelerating 0-60 in 4.2 seconds to reach the speed of light?
It is technically impossible to accelerate to the speed of light. That would require an infinite amount of energy. However, based on a simple, linear equation: Going from 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds is an average acceleration of about 6.38 m/s2. The speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s. This gives us a result of about 46,943,164 seconds, or 1yr 178da1hr46min. (rounded)
When travelling at the speed of light's one can reach the moon in?
1.27 seconds
What effects the speed of a object?
Speed is relative to the speed of light and gravity. So gravity could effect speed.
Any vehicle speed is compare to light speed?
No. Let's consider a car that can go from zero to 60 in 1 second ! That's about 2.75 the accelerationof gravity, so it would push the driver back in his seat with 2.75 times his normal weight. But let'sassume he's tough and it doesn't bother him.He would have to keep the pedal to the metal and continue accelerating at that rate for 13 daysin order to reach 1/10th the speed of light.No man-made vehicle has ever yet carried enough fuel to reach any speed that was at all comparableto light speed.
What are the characteristic of light at zero gravity?
When there's no gravity, light just travels in one direction at the speed of light. Gravity bends the direction at which light travels.
Does gravity travel at speed of light?
Gravity wave do, so yes.
Can speed of light be slowed by gravity or friction?
No.
What is the speed of gravity?
C To expound, gravity and light travel at the same speed. * It is a fundamental fact of nature that nothing can travel faster than light, but matter slows light while gravity is not slowed or screened by anything. So light and gravity only travel at the same speed in the vacuum of space away from any mass.
Can manipulating gravity be used for reaching lightspeed?
Most likely not. I say that because A). Gravity is not the limitation that makes it tough for us to reach light-speed, and B). There's no way to manipulate gravity. Other than that, it has the sound of a great idea.
Do the electrons move the speed of the light?
No, because the orbital is really just an abraction - the electron isn't racing around the orbital like a racecar, so there isn't a speed. The orbital is a better measure of the electrons potential energy.
How many g's would you feel going the speed of light?
It takes a looooooooooooooooooooooooong time! You're at "1g" when you're just sittin' around - 1g being 1x of the force of gravity. So at 1g, you're not really accelerating at all.Lets do the math and start with 1 g equal to 32 feet per second. Light speed equals 186,000 miles per second. It will take approximately 78 years to reach light speed.But there seems to be an error in these calculations! 32 feet per second is NOT an acceleration, but a constant velocity, so after 78 years you would still be at 32 ft per second!!! The term 1-G refers to the constant acceleration of EARTH gravity, that is 32 ft per second (squared) at sea level!!!!!! Now at that acceleration it would take about 51.7 weeks to reach light speed, that is if I used the acceleration calculator correctly. Good question though!
Which vehicles can reach to the speed of light?
None can.
When the acceleration is 2500 m per s2 how long will it take to reach the speed of light?
By applying Newton's second law: ma=FIn case there're no forces it's just a linear fonction: speed=f(time)Also the object that is accelerating must have a weight different of 0.Speed of light= 299 792 458 m/stime = speed of light/acceleration = 119917s = 33,3 hours
How can you be accelerating and traveling at a constant speed?
You can be accelerating and traveling at a constant speed if you change directions.
