Okay someone made a slight mistake on saying that an AU is 8 light-hours
It's approximately the distance light travels in 8 minutes, 20 seconds.
Making an earth-to-limit trip (~39 AU) at the speed of light take 325 minutes. Or 5 hours, 25 minutes.
ETA: As was properly reported. Sorry, I just saw the 8 light hours at one AU thing....
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It's approximately the distance light travels in 8 minutes, 20 seconds.
Making an earth-to-limit trip (~39 AU) at the speed of light take 325 minutes. Or 5 hours, 25 minutes.
ETA: As was properly reported. Sorry, I just saw the 8 light hours at one AU thing....
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll