The gas in a bipolar flow can travel as fast as 100 km/s. If the length of the jet is 1 ly, how long does it take for a blob of gas to travel from the protostar to the end of the jet?
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The gas in a bipolar flow can travel as fast as 100 km/s. If the length of the jet is 1 ly, how long does it take for a blob of gas to travel from the protostar to the end of the jet?
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