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It's slower than that, it will be travelling the circumference of the Earth once in 13 seconds. Light itself can "only" go around the Earth 7 times in a second
by e98cuenc 10y ago
It's slower than that, it will be travelling the circumference of the Earth once in 13 seconds.
Light itself can "only" go around the Earth 7 times in a second.
- blowski 10y agoYou're absolutely right - I did the calculation as km/s instead of m/s. So at 1% of speed of light, it would take just over 14 seconds to travel the circumference of the Earth. Travelling at 1% of speed of light, I could travel from New Orleans to California in 1 second.
- BurningFrog 10y agoWhich is why New Orleans to California internet signals can't take less than 10ms. In reality it was maybe 40-50ms last I checked.