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Warp Speed Calculations

Version 4.0

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Warp Speed and Time
Based on information from the latest ST RPG  and web info


Warp Factor:
Enter a number that is lower than 10 and equal to, or greater than 1.

Interesting Distances:

Earth to Moon: 385,000 km
Earth to Sun: 150,000,000 km
Width of Solar System: 9,000,000,000 km
To Nearest Star System: 40,000,000,000,000 km
Width of Galaxy: 100,000 ly
To Nearest Galaxy: 2,900,000 ly

Distance:
Enter any (!) numeric value here.
Kilometers
Light Years
Parsecs

 


 
Years
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds

The formula for finding the actual speed for a given Warp factor is, essentially:
V = Wf ^ ((10 / 3) + (Abs((Wf - 9) > 0) * A * (-Log(10 - Wf)) ^ n))

Where:

  • A = 0.03684678

  • n = 1.791275