How long does it take to travel to Neptune by Car?

Answer 1

Here is an estimate to your answer. Suppose that you travel straight towards Neptune at 80mph. You never stop for gas. It would take 3,852.7 years (approximately). The time would change depending on the speed you are going.

Let's say that you drove 120mph, which is pretty fast. Then it would take:

2,700,000,000miles/120mph= 22,500,000 hours

22,500,000 / 24 hours = 937,500 days

937,500 days / 365 = 2,568.5 years.

To travel from the sun to the earth it would take 88.5 years going at 120mph.

Space probes travel extremely fast through space (more than 20,000 mph I think), so that is why it is possible to reach Neptune in 9-15 years.

New Horizons space probe was sent out in 2006 and will only take 9.5 years to pass Pluto (2015). Check this out:

New Horizons will passes the orbit of Uranus on March 18, 2011.

Neptune: August 24, 2014

Pluto: July 14, 2015

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/whereis_nh.php

Answer 2

First of all it would be impossible to drive a car from Earth to Neptune, because it is a journey through space. Also, the distance between Earth and Neptune is constantly changing, so it would not be possible to say for certain what the distance would be. At its closest it would be over 2,700,000,000 miles. Even if we could for sure, the time taken to drive that distance would depend on your speed. At the fastest speeds that cars drive at, you would not live long enough to do the journey. So it is not possible to answer that question for several reasons.

Answer 3

It is not possible to travel to Neptune by car as it is a gas giant planet located millions of miles away from Earth. Neptune is best studied through space missions, not car travel.

Answer 4

About 10 minutes

Answer 5

two years

Answer 6

12 years