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How many days (not years) would it take to get to Jupiter?
Question Date: 2016-11-05
Answer 1:

If we could go at the speed of light we could travel directly there in under an hour. However, this is not possible. So any path there is generally indirect since the planet will move significantly between now and getting there. It took the probes we sent 3-5 years to get there, so ~1000-1800 days depending on when you launch, where the planets are in their orbits, etc.



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