A tourist traveling along the equator of the Earth can go around the Earth in 3 years. How long would it take him to get from the Earth
August 2, 2020 | Education
| A tourist traveling along the equator of the Earth can go around the Earth in 3 years. How long would it take him to get from the Earth to the Moon at the same pace? The diameter of the Earth is 12 800 km, the distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384 400 km.
The length of the Earth’s equator is equal to the diameter of the Earth multiplied by pi, and is 3.14 x 12 800 = 40 200 km. The distance from the Earth to the Moon is about 9.5 times greater. This means that the journey will be 9.5 times longer and will last 28.7 years.
