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Crop failures drive the search for a new home; no opening calendar year is assumed.
Sources: Interstellar (film), directed by Christopher Nolan. Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros., 2014.
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Interstellar · 2014
In Interstellar, one hour on Miller’s planet corresponds to roughly seven years for a distant observer. Explore this film-specific gravitational time-dilation model.
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On Miller's planet
1 hour
Far from the black hole
≈ 7 years
Ratio used: 1 hour = 7 × 365.25 × 24 = 61,362 hours.
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How time works here
The film states the condition: one hour on Miller's planet corresponds to roughly seven years away from the black hole.
Site's assumption
We treat the ratio as exact and constant (1 hour = 7 years) and use a year of 365.25 days. This is an approximate model of the film's condition, not a physical simulation.
Sources
- Interstellar (film), directed by Christopher Nolan. Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros., 2014.
- Kip Thorne, The Science of Interstellar. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.
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