## Fermi Questions C

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### Re: Fermi Questions C

Current question, since we need some activity:
How far, in Planck lengths, would New Horizons travel in the time it takes for our Solar System to make one orbit around the center of the Milky Way?
Since I'm considering helping write questions for this event:
My estimate:
I want to destroy the world by flooding every country's capital city! How many buckets of water would it take me to create flooding conditions in every world capital?

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### Re: Fermi Questions C

I want to destroy the world by flooding every country's capital city! How many buckets of water would it take me to create flooding conditions in every world capital?
Attempt
How many orbits does Pluto make in the time i takes for the solar system to orbit the galactic center once?
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### Re: Fermi Questions C

How many orbits does Pluto make in the time i takes for the solar system to orbit the galactic center once?
My attempt
How many neutrons need to spontaneously decay $(\mathrm{n^0} \rightarrow \mathrm{p^+} + \mathrm{e^-} + \bar{\mathrm{\nu_e}})$ in order to equal the energy output of Betelgeuse (a red supergiant) over the course of one day?