1:37 minutes
Problem 84
Textbook Question

In January 2006, the New Horizons space probe was launched from Earth with the mission to perform a flyby study of Pluto. The arrival at the dwarf planet was estimated to happen after nine years, in 2015. The distance between Earth and Pluto varies depending on the location of the planets in their orbits, but at their closest, the distance is 4.2 billion kilometers (2.6 billion miles). Calculate the minimum amount of time it takes for a transmitted signal from Pluto to reach the Earth.

Verified Solution
This video solution was recommended by our tutors as helpful for the problem above.
76views
Was this helpful?
6:11m

Watch next

Master Dimensional Analysis with a bite sized video explanation from Jules Bruno

Start learning
Divider