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Uchusen Rockets宇宙船

Rockets drawn from sourced sizes: line drawings and painted 3D views you drop into a page, take apart and turn round, and a typed model that checks whether a rocket really goes together.

Uchusen is the Japanese word 宇宙船 for spaceship. About the name

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Reference · Journey mode: transfers, launch windows and flip-and-burn trips

lightTimefunction

The time light takes to cross a distance, in the unit that reads best.

Import it

import { lightTime } from "@johnmorrisdotca/uchusen-rockets/journey";

Definition

function lightTime(km: number): string

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
kmnumber

Kilometres.

Returns

string

For example 1.28 light-seconds, 8.3 light-minutes or 4.37 light-years.

Examples

import { lightTime } from "@johnmorrisdotca/uchusen-rockets/journey";

console.log(lightTime(384_400), lightTime(149_597_870.7));
1.28 light-seconds 8.3 light-minutes

What it prints (run when this page was built)

View sourceEdit on GitHubMade from the source of @johnmorrisdotca/uchusen-rockets 0.14.0.