Speed of Light/Light-Year Info

 

Einstein’s famous equation of E=mc2 states that Energy (E) and mass (M) are Equivalent, and can be Converted from one to another by the ratio “C-Squared”, where the C2 represents the Constant Speed of Light.

 

 

An Equation derived by the twentieth-century physicist Albert Einstein, in which (E) represents units of Energy, (M) represents units of Mass, and C2 is the Speed of Light Squared, or Multiplied by itself. (See Relativity.) 

 

 

This duration is a bit of a problem, as it makes Space Exploration Painstakingly a Slow Process. Even if we hopped aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, which can Travel 5 Mile Per Second, it would take about 37,200 Years to Travel a Light Year. 

 

 

A Light-Year is defined as the Distance that Light can Travel in One Year. We can Calculate this by Multiplying the Speed of Light by One Year or (3,1557*10^7 seconds) to find the distance: (9,500,000,000,000 kilometers – Nine Trillion – Five Hundred Billion or 5,900,000,000,000 Five Trillion Nine Hundred Billion Per Second.

 

Because the Speed of Light is su.ch a Large Number and is Multiplied by itself, this Equation points out How a Small amount of Matter can Release a Hugh amount of Energy , as in a Nuclear Reaction.

 

Don L. Johnson