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How much time does it take for light to travel across the diameter of the earths orbit?
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∙ 13y ago
That would be roughly 16minutes 40seconds .
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How long does it takes light traval across the diameter of earths orbit?
It takes about 997.186 seconds for light to travel across the diameter of Earth's orbit.
How much time is require for light to travel across the diameter of the orbit?
The Earths diameter is about 12756.2 km. This equates to 1.3483602 × 10-9 light years or better still, 0.04 light seconds!!
How long does it take light to travel across the diameter of the Milky Way?
Approx 100000 to 180000 years.
How long does it take for light to travel across the earths orbit around the sun?
about 16 minutes and 40 seconds
How much time is required for light to travel across the diameter of the orbit?
At the speed of light of 3.00 x 108 m s-1, it would take light 4.64 seconds to transit the diameter of the Sun, which is 1.932 x 109 m.
What can infrared light travel across?
It can travel across the vacuum of space.
What is the diameter of the Milky Way?
Approximately 100,000 light years across.
How big is a nebula?
Depending on the type of nebula, they can range from a light year across to over a 100 light years in diameter.
How far across the milky way?
The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years in diameter and about 1000 light years thick.
Is a nebula big?
Depending on the type of nebula, they can range from a light year across to over a 100 light years in diameter.
What is the distance across our neighboring galaxy's Andromeda disk?
The most recent measurements put the diameter of Andromeda Galaxy at 141,000 light-years across. The Milky Way is estimated to be 100,000 light-years across.
How far across is our solar system?
That depends what you choose to include. The Oort cloud is estimated to be about a light-year from thet Sun - so the diameter ("across") would be about two light-years.
