In carl sagans cosmos part 8 about 33 minutes in he says we


Velocity is the distance traveled divided by the time taken.

In Carl Sagan's Cosmos Part 8 about 33 minutes in he says, "We could travel to the Andromeda Galaxy in 28 years ship time." The Andromeda Galaxy is approximately 2.5 million lightyears away. 2.5e6 lightyears / 28 years = 89,285 light years per year If a lightyear is a distance and a year is a measure of time, How is it they are traveling almost 90,000 times the speed of light?

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