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The Earth's diameter is roughly 8,000 miles. If the light is traveling in vacuum, then
8,000 miles is roughly 0.043 of one light-second, or roughly 0.00072 of a light-minute.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoEarth's radius is 6371 km; its diameter is twice that amount. Light moves at 300,000 km/second. 60 times as much in a minute. You can base your calculations on that. (It's a fairly small fraction of a light-minute.)
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∙ 8y agoRadio waves go round the Earth in 1/7 second so the diameter is 1/22 light-second or 1/1320 light- minutes.
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How long does it take for the light of the sun to reach Cleveland Ohio?
About [ 8 and 1/3 ] minutes ... same as every other point on earth.(The earth's diameter is about 0.04 light-second. Its circumference is about 0.13 light-second.)
How much time is required for light to travel across the diameter of the orbit?
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Which planet has shorter time in light years from earth Jupiter or venus?
Venus is about 2.32 light minutes from Earth, Jupiter is about 35 light minutes from Earth.
What is the distance between sun and earth in light years?
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Which planet has the shorter travel time in light years from earth Jupiter or venus?
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Which planet has the shorter travel time in light-years from Earth Jupiter or Venus?
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How much is 17 light minutes?
It's how far does light go in 17 minutes . . . . 305.7 million km, equal to the diameter of the Earth's orbit.
How many light minutes is it from the earth to the sun?
About eight minutes for the sun's light to reach the earth, if that's what you're asking...
What is the distance from Regulus to Earth in miles?
Regulus is 77.5 light-years away from our solar system. (The diameter of Earth's orbital radius is 16 light-MINUTES, so our orbit around the Sun doesn't make any significant difference.)
How does it take for light to reach earth?
If you mean light from the Sun, then it takes eight minutes for the light to reach the Earth.
How long does it take the light to travel to the earth?
It takes Light 8 Minutes to get from the Sun to the Earth.
The sun is 1 light year away from the earth?
No. The sun is about 8 light minutes from Earth
