Mission to Pluto.The New Horizons spacecraft took about 9 1/2 years to travel from Earth to...
Mission to Pluto.The New Horizons spacecraft took about 9 1/2 years to travel from Earth to Pluto. Because of Pluto’s distance at the time of the encounter, the total distance that New Horizons traveled from Earth to Pluto was about 34 AU.
a) About how fast was it traveling on average? Give your answer in AU per year.
b) About how fast was it traveling on average? Give your answer in kilometers per hour.
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