SUBJECT: DISTANCE THAT UFO'S TRAVEL TO GET HERE FILE: UFO3007 It helps to put into perspective the distances that UFO's must travel if come from the nearest galaxy to us. Showing how long it would take at 6 isn't really the best example but the time it would take at the speed of is interesting. Distance to the Sun (at perihelion) = 91,400,000 miles Speed of Light = 186,232 miles per second Speed of Light = 670,615,200 miles per hour Number of seconds in one year = 31,536,000 seconds One light year = 5,874,589,152,000 miles Years to Sun at 60 Miles per Hour = 173.8964992 years at 60mph Distance to Proxima Centauri = 25,260,733,354,000 miles Light Years to Proxima Centauri = 4.3 light years Seconds to Proxima Centauri = 135,604,800 s. (at speed of light) Hours to Proxima Centauri = 37,668 hours (at speed of light) Days to Proxima Centauri = 1569.5 days (at speed of light) Years to Proxima Centauri at 60MPH = 48,060,756 (at 60 miles per hour) Distance to nearest Galaxy = 1,174,917,830,400,000,000 miles Light Years to nearest Galaxy = 200,000 light years Seconds to nearest Galaxy = 6,307,200,000,000 (at light speed) Hours to nearest Galaxy = 1,752,000,000 (at light speed) Days to nearest Galaxy = 73,000,000 (at light speed) Years to nearest Galaxy at 60MPH = 2,235,384,000,000 (at 60 MPH) Here is a guide to pronouncing some of the extremely large numbers up there: Zeroes Name Zeroes Name 3 Thousand 33 Decillion 6 Million 36 Undecillion 9 Billion 39 Duodecillion 12 Trillion 42 Tredecillion 15 Quadrillion 45 Quattuordecillion 18 Quintillion 48 Quindecillion 21 Sextillion 51 Sexdecillion 24 Septillion 54 Septendecillion 27 Octillion 57 Octodecillion 30 Nonillion 60 Novemdecillion 63 Vigintillion ********************************************** * THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo * **********************************************