• clearedtoland@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I was going to joke and say: that’s like, what, warp 0.0001.

    In the Star Trek universe, warp factors are a way to measure faster-than-light travel. The speed of light is approximately 299,792 kilometers per second (km/s). To convert your given speed of 32,000 km/hr into a warp factor, we need to use the formula that relates warp factor to the speed of light:

    v = c * (w^(10/3))

    where:

    •	v is the speed in multiples of the speed of light (c),
    •	w is the warp factor.
    

    First, convert 32,000 km/hr into kilometers per second (km/s):

    32,000 km/hr = 32,000 / 3,600 km/s ≈ 8.89 km/s

    Now, find the warp factor using the speed of light:

    w = (v / c)^(1 / (10/3))

    w = (8.89 km/s / 299,792 km/s)^(1 / (10/3))

    Calculate the fraction inside the parentheses:

    8.89 / 299,792 ≈ 0.00002967

    Now raise this to the power of 3/10:

    0.00002967^(3/10) ≈ 0.000657

    So, approximately:

    w ≈ 0.000657

    Therefore, a speed of 32,000 km/hr corresponds to a very low warp factor, approximately Warp 0.000657 in the Star Trek scale.