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View submission: What-If 86: Far-Traveling Objects
I wonder where an atom in the LHC might factor into that.
Comment by common_sensei at 05/03/2014 at 00:05 UTC
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According to the Wikipedia page for the LHC, proton beams are circulated for 10-24 hours at 0.999999991c. That gives us an upper limit of around 24 light hours for a particularly lucky proton, much further than the paltry 17 light hours travelled by voyager 1.
Still gets outclassed by Plymouth voyagers and stone tools, given Randall's system of measures, but that's kind of cool. I didn't know the collisions continue for so long.