btaf45@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBing says Alpha Centauri is 13.6 kilometers from usimgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1573arrow-down124
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minus-squareulkesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months ago13.6km is 44,619ft. So nearly every time one flies commercial, yes, since cruising altitude is between 30,000 and 40,000 feet. I think a large triple-star system would be quite visible at that point.
minus-squarebtaf45@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI imagine if you were 13.6 km from a star you would either burn up or fall into the star’s gravity well.
minus-squareDannyBoy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s high. I didn’t know they went that far up.
minus-squareulkesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoDon’t worry! The people at Boeing building the aircraft are high as well.
13.6km is 44,619ft.
So nearly every time one flies commercial, yes, since cruising altitude is between 30,000 and 40,000 feet. I think a large triple-star system would be quite visible at that point.
I imagine if you were 13.6 km from a star you would either burn up or fall into the star’s gravity well.
Or both…briefly.
That’s high. I didn’t know they went that far up.
Don’t worry! The people at Boeing building the aircraft are high as well.