A Journey Through the Solar System at the Speed of Light
PATREON: / harryevett
This video is a visualisation of the speed of light, by beginning at the Sun and travelling about 1 light day through the Solar System at the speed of light. All objects and distances are to scale.
It should be noted that all objects in this video are at their average distance from the Sun. All objects orbiting the Sun have some degree of ellipsicity to their orbit (Earth's distance from the Sun varies by millions of kilometres), but some objects shown here, namely the dwarf planets and comets, are sometimes hundreds of millions of kilometres closer or farther away from the Sun than shown in this video. In fact, both Orcus and Pluto sometimes come closer to the Sun than Neptune.
This is also the speed of light from the perspective of a stationary observer. It is currently thought impossible for objects with mass to travel at lightspeed, and if it were to occur regardless, relativistic effects would render the journey instantaneous from the perspective of the traveller.
Music:
Track 1 - 'The Goldbach Conjecture' by Savfk
• The Goldbach Conjecture by Savfk [CC-...
Track 2 - 'Great Beauty' by Savfk
• Great Beauty by Savfk [CC-BY royalty ...
Track 3 - 'The Bathtub' by Savfk
• The Bathtub by Savfk [CC-BY royalty f...
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - The Journey Begins
03:30 - Mercury
06:19 - Venus
08:39 - Earth
13:10 - Mars
20:16 - Vesta
23:48 - Ceres
27:00 - Hygeia
44:25 - Jupiter
1:21:20 - Saturn
2:30:37 - Halley's Comet
2:42:22 - Uranus
4:13:58 - Neptune
5:30:50 - Orcus
5:34:35 - Pluto
6:06:01 - Haumea
6:11:56 - Quaoar
6:27:51 - Makemake
9:34:44 - Gonggong
9:37:52 - Eris
18:41:56 - Voyager 2
22:28:27 - Voyager 1
24:49:26 - Comet Hale-Bopp
24:49:49 - What's Next?
24:50:33 - Special Thanks
Made with Blender 3.0