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